Why the CJEU is getting busier and busier
21 February 2012
Emma Barraclough, London
More cases than ever were brought before Europe’s Court of Justice last year. Does that signal confidence of users or the over-complication of European law? Managing IP reports
The Court of Justice says that its three judicial bodies (the General Court, the Civil Service Tribunal and the Court of Justice) had more than 1,500 new cases brought before them in 2011. These include disputes relating to all areas of European law, such as competition and state aid, as well as intellectual property matters arising under relevant EU directives and regulations and appeals in CTM and RCD cases from OHIM.
The Court of Justice completed 10% more cases last year than in 2010 and received the highest number of referrals from national courts for the third year in a row. In 2009, 302 cases were submitted to it for a preliminary ruling. Last year that figure had risen to 423.
The number of cases brought before the General Court grew even faster: up 15% last year to 636.
“The institution can only be gladdened by this trend which...
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