“In the lead up to Brexit and the introduction of the Unitary Patent system, European patentees should consider whether or not to ‘opt out’ of the Unified Patent Court jurisdiction.” With a “no-deal” ...

In today’s global market, international patent protection can be crucial, and for many inventions Europe is an important region where patents are needed. According to the present system, considerable ...

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The Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) are new building blocks that will supplement and strengthen the existing centralized European patent granting and enforcement system. In short, ...

Negotiations on the E.U.’s future unitary patent system were concluded on Friday by a decision on where the central division of the European Unified Patent Court will be located. The central division ...

A vote by MEPs yesterday in favour of the unitary patent means that IP owners planning their patent filing strategies could soon have a new way of protecting their rights in Europe At the moment, ...

Industry sources at the Pharmaceutical Patent Term Extension conference in Munich question the practical details of unitary SPCs, including granting procedure, enforcement, and judicial review The ...