This is the published version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Overall, we find substantial differences across jurisdictions in terms of caseloadsnotably, courts in Germany hear by far the largest number of cases, not only in absolute terms, but also when taking macro-economic indicators into account-and we further find important cross-country variances in terms of case outcomes. Moreover, we show empirically that a considerable number of patents are litigated across multiple European jurisdictions; and further, that in the majority of these cases divergent case outcomes are reached across the different jurisdictions, suggesting that the long-suspected problem of inconsistency of decision-making in European patent litigation is in fact real. Finally, we note that the coming into force Permanent repository link

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