For hvis det ikke er tilfældet, betyder det, at der skal være en domstol i alle EU-medlemsstater for at dømme i patentkrænkelsesprocedurer, og det medfører, at en tysk virksomhed kan befinde sig ved en domstol i medlemsstat X, langt væk fra virksomhedens hjemsted, og med udvidelsen betyder det endnu større afstande.
Because if that was not the case, this would mean that there would be a tribunal in all Member States of the European Union for administering justice on patent infringement procedures, and that could mean that a German company could find itself in a tribunal in country X, far removed from the registered office of that company, and with enlargement in the offing, that could imply far greater distances still.