The constitutional complaint holding up the start of the Unified Patent Court will be decided upon in the first quarter of next year. Justice Peter Huber of the German Federal Constitutional Court …
The future of the Unified Patent Court and the Unitary Patent system may be uncertain, it hasn’t stopped Milan from promoting its ambition to become the seat of London branch of the UPC’s central…
The Paris offices of the future Unified Patent Court have been disclosed.
The Paris location for the UPC was announced recently, and according to the French Patent & Trademark Attorneys Company CNCPI…
In Italy, legislation to adapt the patent system to the Unitary Patent will enter into force on 27 March 2019. This means legislative preparations in Italy for the start of the UP and UPC have been…
It is often said that 'tomorrow never comes'. Likewise, a recurring theme for some years has been that 'the UPC will start next year'. As 2019 is now well under way, it is time to consider whether…
While the UK is holding its breath ahead of Parliament’s vote on the Brexit deal, many patent specialists think a ‘no deal’ will be a fatal blow for the UK’s ambition to stay in the Unitary Patent…
What were the most popular articles of the Kluwer Patent Blog in 2018? A look at the list shows that - even more strongly than in previous years - one topic drew more readers than anything else: the…
The preparations for the Unified Patent Court are going on so the court can start functioning as soon as possible if the German Constitutional Court rejects the challenges to the Unitary Patent…
Early on Monday 10 December 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued its judgment in Wightman et al v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (C-621/18), on whether the UK…
