An update from the UPC Preparatory Committee on September 21st 2017, has welcomed the recent ratifications of the UPCA, bringing…
Brexit Negotiations and IP
Florence, Italy Brexit – The EU Commission and the UK take up their negotiation positions: A speech by UK Prime Minister,…
Seasons come and go but still no start date for UPC
There has been yet another set-back on the road to the introduction of the European Unitary Patent and Unified Patent…
Just another timing set back or end of the road for the Unitary Patent and UPC?
On June 9th 2017, news reached us of yet another possible set-back on the road to the introduction of the…
UPC Preparatory Committee acknowledges December 1st start date cannot be maintained and announces change to UPC timetable
In a formal acknowledgement of what was already generally accepted, yesterday, June 7th, the Preparatory Committee of the Unified Patent…
Seriously – Could the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court system still start this year?
“A graceful start” According to reported comments from a press conference after the meeting of the EU Competitiveness Council, 29…
Unitary Patent Vs. Traditional EP “bundle” patents- Time limit for making a decision will be short
The most important question As discussed in our previous post, the single most important question to be considered is “Do…
Unitary Patents – The Essential Facts
We continue to explore the proposed new system for Europe and in this blog post, we will focus on the proposed…
European update: Unitary Patents and The Unified Patent Court – Proposed new system for Europe
“Are your ducks in a row for the UPC?” A new option is to become available to patent owners in…
European Patents - Clarified 