Article 32 Competence of the Court

1.

a)

actions for actual or threatened infringements of patents and supplementary protection certificates and related defences, including counterclaims concerning licences;

b)

actions for declarations of non-infringement of patents and supplementary protection certificates;

c)

actions for provisional and protective measures and injunctions;

d)

actions for revocation of patents and for declaration of invalidity of supplementary protection certificates;

e)

counterclaims for revocation of patents and for declaration of invalidity of supplementary protection certificates;

f)

actions for damages or compensation derived from the provisional protection conferred by a published European patent application;

g)

actions relating to the use of the invention prior to the granting of the patent or to the right based on prior use of the invention;

h)

actions for compensation for licences on the basis of Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012; and

i)

actions concerning decisions of the European Patent Office in carrying out the tasks referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012.

2.