First training for all UPC appointed judges

In January and early February, the Advanced preparatory training for all judges appointed to the Unified Patent Court, as well as an internal rules and practice training for staff from the differen...

Start of the UPC Sunrise Period postponed to March 1, 2023

The start of the sunrise period, i.e. the three month period preceding the actual start of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), has been postponed by two months and is now scheduled for March 1, 2023. (...

The provisional application phase of the UPC Agreements has begun!

Another important step towards the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) – according to the EU Council’s Website Austria has deposited its instrument of ratification of the Protocol on the Provisio...

Update on the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPCA)

As you may have heard, there is now a strong likelihood that the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPCA) will enter into force very soon, maybe even by the middle of 2022. Therefore, it may no...

UPC on standstill

The long-awaited implementation of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has come into a halt – again. After the Bundestag (the German parliament) and Bundesrat (the “upper house”) had consented to the Ag...

Ratification bill on the Unified Patent Court Agreement

The German Bundestag adopted with the necessary qualified majority the draft ratification bill including the consent to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA). Welcoming the news, EPO Pres...

Germany’s act of approval of the UPCA found to violate the constitution

The German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has decided that the act of approval to the UPC agreement is void because it was not approved by two thirds of the members of parliament (Bundestag). S...

Breaking News: the UK Opts-Out of UPCA

The UK will not join the Unified Patent Court system, reports iam, citing a spokesperson of the UK government (https://www.iam-media.com/law-policy/uk-no-upc). This is a major set-back to the EU pa...