The opening of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) on 1 June 2023 may be the most significant development in patent law internationally in the last 50 years. The UPC is an entirely new and truly multinational court with jurisdiction over disputes concerning most European patents in 17 EU Member States, covering a population of around 400 million.
Following the opening of the UPC, “Unitary Patents” i.e. European patents with unitary effect throughout the 17 Contracting EU Member States, will...
June 9, 2023
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