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31 May 2022PatentsPatrick Oliver

UPC transparency questions risk undermining court

The launch of Europe’s long-awaited Unified Patent Court (UPC) has been rocked by an internal argument over transparency. New rules proposed in April would make secrecy the default, not transparency, and industry is not happy.

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