The UPC website has the breaking news of the day: The start of the UPC Sunrise Period is postponed for two months until March 1, 2023.
This is time for relief and gratitude. And while today is Mozart…
This decision dealt with the practically important question of whether the claim can still be waived in the proceedings on the complaint against denial of leave to appeal, i.e. after the conclusion…
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Johannes Karcher, acting chairman of the UPC's Administrative Committee, is to be applauded for the interview he gave to the Kluwer Patent blogger recently, which sheds…
Starting tomorrow morning, external users can test the sunrise functionalities of the Unified Patent Court’s case management system for a three week period, until 16 December 2022.
According to…
Johannes Karcher, acting chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Unified Patent Court, is optimistic the court will open its doors in April 2023 as planned, despite the questions which have…
The judgment of 17 October 2022 recently handed down by the Patents Section of Barcelona Commercial Court of First Instance no. 4 is most interesting, for a variety of reasons.
First, because the…
Video conferences will become the default format of oral opposition proceedings in at the European Patent Office as of 2023. Only under certain circumstances, and when the opposition division permits…
The European Patent Office and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) have signed an agreement on the exchange of data between the two institutions.
The agreement, which was signed by EPO President António…
Article 124, III of the so-called "PACTE" Law enshrines the disappearance of the statute of limitations for revocation actions concerning industrial property titles. It was intended to put an end to…
Historically, China promulgated its first patent law in the 1980s, the result of its reopening and affiliation to the WIPO, which led to the country's joining important multilateral agreements, such…