German ratification of the UPCA is one of the last hurdles for the Unitary Patent system. The system has
Today, the court tasked with upholding Germany’s constitution, the Bundesverfassungsgericht, has issued its long-awaited decision on a complaint against
The United Kingdom’s government has confirmed to industry publication IAM-Media that the country will not be a member of
In an interview with IP industry publication Managing IP, Justice Huber of the German Federal Constitutional Court stated that
The German Justice Ministry expressed earlier this month that the government will not ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement
Considering that the UK now has ratified the UPC agreement, the entry into force of the system seems imminent
For some British IP professionals all is about to change with regards to European intellectual property practice – but
Despite the uncertain situation in the UK and Germany, other EU member states seem to continue to ratify the
Naturally, there are still many “ifs and buts”. We still don’t have any idea as to how hard or
On 15 March 2017, the UPC Preparatory Committee hopefully met for the last time before the start of the