The EU General Court has created specialised IP chambers as part of measures accompanying the court’s increase in size.
On September 19, the General Court announced the new chambers. Of the ten new chambers of the General Court, six will deal with IP matters, while four will handle staff cases. Other actions will be allocated among the chambers.
The organisation of the court has been redesigned as part of the reform, with the number of chambers increasing from nine to ten. Each chamber will be composed of five judges, although this may increase to six judges once all the judges have been appointed.
Additionally, the method for composing the Grand Chamber (which comprises 15 judges) has been changed to enable judges who aren’t presidents of chambers to sit in successive cases.
The court has also decided to deepen the involvement of its president and the vice president in judicial activity.
Source: Wipr
