UPC
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
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...
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....
Tags: European patents, Patent, SPC, Supplementary Protection Certificates, unified patent court, UPC
Italy joins the unitary patent!
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on October 22, 2015
On 30 September 2015, Italy joined the unitary patent. Italy will thus form part of both the unitary patent and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) upon entry into force. So reports the Commission of the EU here. Italy is the country in which the fourth largest number of European patents is validated. The Italian decision...
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Tags: 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...
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Tags: EPO, oral hearings, unified patent court, unitary patent, UPC
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