LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS  5

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  6

1.  WELCOME BY MARION WALSMANN, VICE-CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON LEGAL AFFAIRS  7

2.  LEGAL ASSESSMENT OF IPRED – PRESENTATION BY PROF. DR MATTHIAS LEISTNER  8

2.1  OVERVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF THE STUDY  8

2.2  THE APPLICATION OF PROPORTIONALITY BY THE PATENT COURTS  9

2.3  ISSUES REGARDING PATENT ASSERTION ENTITIES  10

2.4  POSSIBLE REFORMS IN THE CONTEXT OF PROPORTIONALITY  11

3.  THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF IPRED – PRESENTATION BY PROF. J. SCOTT MARCUS  13

3.1  THE GOALS OF IPRED  13

3.2  COST OF INFRINGEMENT AND THE STATE OF THE EVIDENCE  13

3.3  THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S STUDY  14

3.4  PROPORTIONALITY  14

3.5  PATENT ASSERTION ENTITIES  15

3.6  DYNAMIC BLOCKING INJUNCTIONS AND ONLINE PIRACY  15

3.7  RECOMMENDATIONS  16

4.  REFORMING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT DIRECTIVE WITH FOCUS ON PATENTS – PRESENTATION BY PROF. DR RAFAŁ SIKORSKI  17

4.1  PROPORTIONALITY AS A PILLAR OF IPRED  17

4.2  PROPORTIONALITY OF PERMANENT INJUNCTIONS  18

4.3.  RECEPTION OF PROPORTIONALITY IN MEMBER STATES  19

4.4.  UNIFIED PATENT COURT  19

4.5.  HOW TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF PROPORTIONALITY  20

5.  Q&A  21

5.1.  QUESTIONS FROM MEP AXEL VOSS (PPE)  21

5.2.  QUESTIONS FROM MEP MARAVILLAS ABADÍA JOVER (PPE)  22

5.3.  QUESTIONS FROM VICE-CHAIR MARION WALSMANN (PPE)  22

5.4.  REPLY BY PROF. DR MATTHIAS LEISTNER  23

5.5.  REPLY BY PROF. J. SCOTT MARCUS  25

5.6.  REPLY BY PROF. DR RAFAŁ SIKORSKI  26

6.  EUROPEAN COMMISSION – MR. DENIS DAMBOIS, SENIOR EXPERT IN THE IPR UNIT OF THE DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMES  28

7.  BIOGRAPHIES OF EXPERTS  29