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The Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent: A New Era Begins!

After many decades of anticipation, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the Unitary Patent has come into effect today. This landmark moment marks a significant step forward in European patent law an...

Official confirmation, that Milan will host third UPC central division

According to a press release from the Italian ministry of foreign affairs and international cooperation, the Italian government has reached an agreement with France and Germany to establish the thi...

Provisional decision on distribution of UPC Cases of the Central Division after UK's withdrawal

It was announced today, that the Presidium of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) decided, that on June 1, when the UPC starts, initially the Paris and Munich will share the caseload, which would h...

Michaela Ring recognised as Managing IPs "Top 250 Women in IP"

Congratulations to Michaela Ring for being recognised as one of Managing IP’s “Top 250 Women in IP” globally! This special publication recognises some of the senior female IP practitioners in priva...

UPC CMS platform for practicing Entry Into Force functionalities

As the UPC announced today, it will provide from May 29 for an unlimited period a CMS system to allow external users to practice Entry Into Force functionalities. The system will be the same as the...

Denmark ratifies the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the UPC

Denmark has deposited its instrument of ratification of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities (PPI) of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) on April 28. Denmark will have a local division in Copenhag...

Proposal for unitary Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) released

The EU Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) system is set to undergo reform as the European Commission has proposed the introduction of unitary SPCs for medicinal and plant protection product...

UPC’s presiding judges announced

The Presidium of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has released its decision on the appointment of presiding judges for the Court's first instance divisions. At a local division typically a panel of t...

Decision G 2/21 is out!

The Enlarged Board of Appeal has issued its decision in G 2/21, which will have a significant impact on the role of plausibility in assessing sufficiency of disclosure and inventive step both at th...

HOFFMANN EITLE Quarterly Newsletter 3/23

Dear Colleagues and Friends, In this first issue of the Hoffmann Eitle Quarterly for 2023, we begin by concluding our four-part series on the patenting of computer-implemented inventions and artif...