(7) All actions relating to certain aspects of the Community Patent should come under the jurisdiction, in the first instance, of the Community Patent courts (CPC) of Member States and, in the second instance, of the European Chamber for Intellectual Property (ECIP), created under Articles 225a and 229a EC, established by the Nice Treaty (7a) The use of existing national courts with experience in patent cases as first instance courts (CPC) for Community Patent litigation follows, for the first instance, the example of Regulation (EC) No 40/94.
(7 bis) Le recours à des tribunaux nationaux ayant une expérience en matière de brevets à titre de tribunaux de première instance (TBC) en cas de litige portant sur le brevet communautaire, suit, pour la première instance, l'exemple du règlement (CE) n° 40/94.