European Union - December 5 2022
This morning, the UPC has announced a two month delay to the start of the Sunrise period to 1st March 2023, which means the new court will now open…
European Union - November 30 2022
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is scheduled to open its doors in just over four months - but what actions do patent holders need to take now? Ever…
Thomas Prock
European Union - November 3 2022
The Unified Patent Court was set up by the 2013 UPC Agreement. Parts of this agreement entered into legal force in January 2022, meaning that the new…
European Union - November 3 2022
The patent prosecution and litigation landscape in Europe is about to see the biggest change since the European Patent Office was established by the…
European Union - November 3 2022
The new Unified Patent Court will have a two tier structure, namely a Court of First Instance and a Court of Appeal. Where a question of European…