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Recruitment of Judges to the UPC during May

By AWA | Posted on April 28, 2016

According to the Report of the 15th Preparatory Committee meeting of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), the recruitment of Judges will start during the beginning of May. The Court of First Instance will always have a multinational composition of the panel of judges. The panel shall comprise three judges, unless one of the parties requests...

Tags: Contracting Member, recruitment of Judges, unified patent court, 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....

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

Will there be any difference in the oral hearings between the EPO and the UPC?

By AWA | Posted on May 13, 2015

Anyone who has been attending an oral proceeding at the EPO, either as an observer or as an active party knows what it’s like. You need to think fast and stay on your toes, and watch your language because every issue, often starting with added subject matter, is taken to a decision immediately. The proceedings...

Tags: EPO, oral hearings, unified patent court, unitary patent, UPC

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