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The Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent Come to the European Patent Office

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The European Patent Office and participating European Countries have established a Unified Patent Court and a European patent with unitary effect (also called a Unitary Patent) that will come into effect on June 1, 2023. ...more

Hogan Lovells

Three reasons why you might consider to opt-out your patents from the UPC system

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The option to "opt-out" from the new UPC system gives patent owners the opportunity to declare, according to Art. 83(3) UPCA, that the UPC shall not have competence for litigations concerning a European patent. If an...more

Goodwin

The Unified Patent Court is (Finally) Coming to Europe and Bringing Some Pretty Fundamental Changes with It

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Seven years after the Member States of the EU signed the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (“UPCA”), the Unitary Patent (“UP”) and the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) are likely to commence during the second half of 2022. This...more

WilmerHale

The Future European Patent System: Update on the Latest News - Spring 2016

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With the ninth Contracting State having ratified the EU Unified Patent Court Agreement, the commencement of the Unified Patent Court is approaching. We report on the latest news, including an announcement about opt-outs, and...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

News from Abroad: The UPC: to Opt Out or Not to Opt Out, That Is the Question

Did you know that in the Unified Patent Court (UPC) a patentee will be able to get an injunction covering a market much bigger than the entire USA, in a procedure that lasts no longer than a year, at a hearing which lasts a...more

Foley Hoag LLP

A Fractured Federal Circuit Panel Interprets The Biosimilars Patent Resolution Procedures

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On July 21, the Federal Circuit interpreted the patent litigation procedures and requirements of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA), including whether a company submitting an abbreviated BLA (“k...more

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