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Bardehle Pagenberg | European Union, Germany, United Kingdom | 17 Jul 2020
The ministerial draft bill ratifying the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) - is the UPCA ready to enter into force?
The history of the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court project has been full of surprises with it taking a new course in February 2020 on…
Bardehle Pagenberg | European Union, United Kingdom | 17 Jul 2020
Der Referentenentwurf des Ratifizierungsgesetzes zum Einheitspatentübereinkommen - Ist das Übereinkommen reif zum Inkrafttreten?
In der an Überraschungen reichen Geschichte des Projekts Einheitspatent / Einheitspatentgericht haben sich im Februar 2020 neue Weichenstellungen…
Bardehle Pagenberg | European Union, United Kingdom | 19 Mar 2020
Business as Usual? The Effect of Brexit on Intellectual Property Rights
January 31, 2020 marks a historic date in European history: The United Kingdom formally exited the European Union. In the meantime, the UK entered…
AWA | European Union, Germany, United Kingdom | 4 Dec 2019
German decision on UPC expected in early 2020
In an interview with IP industry publication Managing IP, Justice Huber of the German Federal Constitutional Court stated that the UK’s decision to…
Novagraaf | European Union, United Kingdom | 8 Apr 2019
The Unitary Patent & Brexit
How will the UK's exit from the European Union affect the proposed Unitary Patent system? Eric Siecker outlines a few possibilities.
Bristows | European Union, Italy | 19 Mar 2019
Italy’s legislation for unitary patent and UPC system now complete
Following approval by the Italian Government’s Council of Ministers last November, the Legislative Decree to adapt national legislation to the…
Greenberg Traurig LLP | Netherlands | 14 Mar 2019
Amendment to Dutch Patents Act (Rijksoctrooiwet) Allows for Extemporaneous Preparation of Medicine in Certain Circumstances
As of Feb. 1, 2019, the Dutch Patents Act 1995 (DPA) was amended to include a limitation of the exclusive right of the holder of a patent on a…
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 15 Jan 2019
Update on Unitary Patent Court
In the 18 months since we published our last update on the Unified Patent Court (UPC) little has changed. Previously we reported that only the UK and…
DLA Piper | European Union, Italy, United Kingdom | 10 Jan 2019
Top 3 predictions for patent litigation in Italy and EU
The long story of the EU patent, commenced in 1975 (!) with the aborted Community Patent Treaty, which ultimately led to the Unitary Patent…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | European Union, Italy | 30 Nov 2018
Italy Moves the Unitary Patent a Step Closer
The Italian Government approved a draft Bill on 21 November 2018 aimed at adapting the Italian IP Code to the Unitary Patent Regulation (EU 1257/2012)…
