Everything you always wanted to know about UPC
In these 27 Questions and Answers you can be fully informed about the Unified Patent Court which comes into effect on June1, 2023
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Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court stopped just before the Finish Line
Before the Brexit referendum in June 2016, it was commonly believed that the unitary patent system, which was intended to be implemented in early 2017, would be delayed for an unforeseeable period if the UK decided to leave the European…
Brexit, A Further Blow to Europe’s Unitary Patent
After Britain’s public vote to leave the EU, the question comes up – in as far as intellectual property is concerned – what effect the Brexit has for the Unitary Patent (also referred to as “UPC”) project that finally seemed…
A Never Ending Story, the Unified Patent Flaw
It looks as if the discussion never ends. Yes we paying again attention to the patent that should be a “unitary” patent. Well not unifying, that’s for sure. Politicians may give the impression they reached a “compromise” but the fact…
The EU Unitary Patent, Max Planck has 12 Reasons for Concern
The Max-Planck-Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, which has functioned as a politically and economically unbiased centre of legal competence for European intellectual property legislation ever since its foundation in 1966, is a well-recognized scientific commentator and advisor on…