An update from the UPC Preparatory Committee on September 21st 2017, has welcomed the recent ratifications of the UPCA, bringing … More
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Brexit Negotiations and IP
Florence, Italy Brexit – The EU Commission and the UK take up their negotiation positions: A speech by UK Prime Minister, … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More