UPC analysis: is a UK 'litigation hub' on the horizon?
Earlier today, the German Federal Constitutional Court concluded that the country’s Act of Approval to the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is void, seemingly ringing the death knell for the system. But could this decision be a boon for UK patent litigation? WIPR investigates.
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20 March 2020 The German Federal Constitutional Court has upheld the constitutional complaint filed against the country’s Unified Patent Court legislation, less than one month after the UK said it would not be seeking involvement in the system.
28 February 2020 The UK will not be seeking involvement in the Unified Patent Court, it was confirmed yesterday, despite the country’s ratification of the underlying agreement in April 2018.
30 March 2020 The German government is pushing for the Unified Patent Court project to go ahead, just one week after the country’s Federal Constitutional Court concluded that the Act of Approval for the UPC Agreement was null and void.