Progressing towards the start of the UPC (without the UK)
04 November 2021
At a meeting on 27 October 2021 the Unified Patent Court Preparatory Committee met in Luxembourg and reviewed progress and…
UP & UPC: are you ready for the Unified Patent Court and unitary patent?
20 October 2021
Following countless number of false starts over the last few years, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and unitary patent (UP)…
Slovenia has ratified the Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPC) on provisional application (PPA) and the UPC Agreement (UPCA)
18 October 2021
On 15 October 2021, the Slovenian Government deposited the instrument of ratification for the PPA and the UPCA.
Germany has ratified the Protocol on the Provisional Application of UPC Agreement
28 September 2021
Germany has ratified the Protocol on the Provisional Application of UPC Agreement (PAP-Protocol) and paves the way for the Unified…
Slovenia set to ratify Protocol on Provisional Application of UPC Agreement
23 September 2021
It is understood that the Slovenian Government ratified the Protocol on the Provisional Application of the Unified Patent Court (UPC)…
Getting ready for the UPC: expected start mid-2022
27 August 2021
In a recent announcement, the Preparatory Committee for the Unified Patent Court set out an expected timeline for the start…
Germany executes UPC agreement and protocol on provisional application
13 August 2021
Following the news last month that the complaints in Germany against the UPC ratification bill were rejected by the German…
German Constitutional Court rejects complaints against ratification bill for the UPC
09 July 2021
The Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) has rejected applications for preliminary injunction on grounds that the constitutional…
From the Financial Times: "Delayed Europe patent court launch prolongs frustration"
17 June 2021
D Young & Co Partner Rachel Bateman is quoted in today's edition of the Financial Times which discusses the EU's…