What You Need to Know About the Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent
Following on from the announcement that the German Federal Constitutional Court (the "FCC") has upheld the complaint that, as it stands, the ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (the "Agreement") is...more
On April 26, 2018, which was designated World Intellectual Property Day, the United Kingdom ratified the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement. The UPC is a single patent court that will have jurisdiction in all European Union...more
With the passing by the Privy Council on 8 February 2018 of the Unified Patent Court (Privileges and Immunities) Order 2018 the UK has completed all of the necessary legislative steps to enable it to ratify the UPC Agreement....more
Before the UK is able to ratify the Unified Patents Court Agreement, statutory instruments establishing the Unified Patents Court as a corporate entity in the UK and granting it certain privileges and immunities (such as...more
The constitutional complaint against the UPC ratification that was lodged with the Federal Constitutional Court in Germany earlier this year has received a lot of attention over the past few months as it could have the...more
The UK has become the ninth state to deposit the document required to apply the Protocol on Provisional Application (PPA), which is an essential step towards formation of the UPC. Four more deposits, including that of...more
In a fundamental change to how European patents are going to be litigated in Europe, the United Patent Court (UPC) will soon have exclusive jurisdiction over European patent disputes and will be able to issue remedies that...more
Written by Daniel A. Kamkar and Eric Furman, Ph.D. After the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, dubbed “Brexit” by the press, many have called into question whether the UK would ratify the Unitary Patent...more
The Preparatory Committee of the UPC has published a revised timetable for the final stages of preparations for the opening of the Unified Patent Court (UPC). The revised timetable indicates that the Sunrise Period during...more
The EU’s Unitary Patent Convention and the associated EU patent had originally been expected to come into effect in 2017. This was, however dependent on ratification of the agreement by thirteen EU countries of which three...more
The UK Government yesterday announced that its plans to ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement (“UPCA”) will not be derailed by Brexit. The UK Minister of State for Intellectual Property, Baroness Neville Rolfe, made the...more
The location of the local division in Milan has been formally selected by the Italian authorities. The UPC Preparatory Committee confirmed in a recent press release that the division will be hosted in the premises of the new...more