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All eyes on Germany as UPC is resuscitated at Bundestag and Bundesrat

By Louise Jonshammar | Posted on December 18, 2020

German ratification of the UPCA is one of the last hurdles for the Unitary Patent system. The system has suffered a series of delays ever since an agreement was reached in 2012 that made the Unitary Patent possible through enhanced cooperation at an EU-level. The Unitary Patent system aims to provide easier and affordable access...

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Tags: Bundesrat, EU, Europe, European patents, Germany, patents, unitary patent, UPC, UPCA

The EPO improving timeliness and granting patents at a record level

By AWA | Posted on March 20, 2017

After having a brief look at the statistics in the EPO (European Patent Office) annual report of 2016, which was recently published, it was clear that something had happened. During 2016, almost 96 000 patents were granted, which is a massive 40% increase in comparison to 2015. The number of patent applications filed in 2016 were...

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Tags: EPO, European patents

Making well founded decisions about opting out…

By AWA | Posted on March 3, 2016

…of the Unified Patent Court and requesting Unitary Effect for your European Patent The benefit of requesting Unitary Effect for your European Patent is obvious to anyone, by payment of only one renewal fee, equivalent to that of four national renewal fees, a territory potentially covering 25 EU states, if all current Contracting Member States...

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Tags: European patents, UPC

Unified Patent Court – one step closer to opening the Court

By AWA | Posted on October 26, 2015

On October 1 2015, a Protocol to the UPC Agreement was signed by first seven member states . It is open for signing by the remaining Signatory States of the UPC Agreement from this date. The aim of the Protocol is to allow for some provisions of the UPC Agreement to be applied early, i.e....

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Tags: European patents, Patent, SPC, Supplementary Protection Certificates, unified patent court, UPC