Some aspects of judicial protection of civil legal relations in Estonia

Keywords: intellectual property law, codification, EU, civil procedure, civil law,CPC of Estonia The scientific article examines the peculiarities of the civil proceduralorder for the protection of law in Estonia. Attention is paid to the genesis of modernEstonian civil justice, the peculiarities of some civil legal procedures for considerationand resolution of civil cases are established. It is concluded that all civillegal disputes are resolved according to the rules of civil proceedings, includingdisputes about the protection of intellectual property rights and the protection ofownership rights to immovable property. Instead, there are exceptions — these aredisputes related to European patents, which are resolved in accordance with theAgreement on the Unified European Patent Court. This approach is fully in linewith the pan-European digitalization strategy. Attention is also paid to the implementationof European legal standards in civil justice in Estonia. Thus, it is indicatedthat Estonian courts must follow the relevant practice of the European Courtof Human Rights when deciding civil cases. In Estonia, the Supreme Court canturn to the European Court of Human Rights for an advisory decision on the application,interpretation, and interpretation of the law guaranteed by the Conventionon the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Moreover, theparticipants in the legal process, in case of disagreement with the decision of theEstonian courts, including the Supreme Court of Estonia, have the right to appealto the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the EU. It is stated that in the Estonian civil process there is a special procedure for the collectionof evidence in accordance with the requests of the EU member states to Estonia.Based on the research, theoretical conclusions and recommendations of relativelyeffective ways of updating (unification, codification) Ukrainian legislationwere formulated, in particular in the aspect of its adaptation to EU legislation.