Patents, Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) and the Unitary Patent Court (UPC) Trade Marks and Designs Copyright Exhaustion of Rights Please click on one of the hyperlinks above to go to the particular guidance note. The overarching intention of the...
At the beginning of 2017 the Preparatory Committee of the Unified Patent Court thought that it would be likely that the systems of the UPC would begin provisional operation before summer 2017 in advance of the UPC agreement coming into force later that year. It...
Introduction The European (EP) patent landscape is on the verge of the greatest change since the European Patent Convention entered into force in 1977 – the Unitary Patent Court (UPC) is about to open! A question mark over the involvement of the UK within the UPC...
The statement from the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Preparatory Committee indicating that they are currently working under the assumption that the UPC will become operational in December 2017 follows the shock announcement in November 2016 that the UK will proceed with...
The UK voted on 23 June 2016 to leave the EU. In the short term at least there will be no change with regards to any IP practice within Europe. Importantly no current rights will be lost and all rights, including patents and trade marks, will remain. Whatever the...
Introduction The Court costs for the Unified Patent Court seem significantly higher than those of the UK High Court, with the cost for actions for infringement at €11,000 and revocation actions (including counterclaims) at €20,000. In addition to this, for claims with...
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