On Dec. 8, 2023, European Parliament negotiators reached a provisional agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) to regulate the use of AI in the European Union (EU), more than five years after initial calls were...more
After years of setbacks, the EU Unified Patent Court (UPC) will begin its work on June 1, 2023. Germany’s ratification of the UPC Agreement on Feb. 17, 2023, triggered a countdown under Article 89 of the UPC Agreement for the...more
On Oct. 13, 2022, the Administrative Council of the European Patent Office (EPO) voted to change Rule 126(2) of the EPC (the “10-day rule”). This change comes as part of the annual revision cycle for the EPC and PCT-EPO...more
The United Kingdom (UK) issued a statement on Feb. 27, 2020, cementing a new position that the country will take no steps to participate in the Unified Patent Court....more
The Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (UK)—together with the Minister of State for Energy and Intellectual Property and Prime Minister May—issued a press release on Nov. 28 confirming that the country will...more
The future of the proposed European Unified Patent Court and European Unitary Patent have been jeopardized by the Brexit vote because ratification of the proposal by the United Kingdom is expressly required before the...more