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...
Questions When will the Unitary Patent System take effect? This is currently unknown. The system will come into force once the UPC Agreement has been ratified by 13 member states, which must include the UK, Germany and France. At present the “best guess” is mid-2016....
Consequently, it has long been desired to have a European patent with unitary effect, that is, a patent application that is searched and examined by the EPO but which upon grant is automatically in force in all EU member states. Progress towards such a unitary patent...
The new unitary patents will be granted using the existing European patent application procedure, with the proprietor being able to choose whether to have a unitary patent or a number of national patents on grant. The Unitary Patent System is not currently in force as...
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