UPC: legislative work remains for the UK and Germany
When, in January 2017, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Preparatory Committee stated that it was working towards a timetable in which the UPC would open in December 2017, it was clear that this timing was conditional on a number of factors. There were, however, two factors that the Committee could not have expected.
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23 August 2017 The European Patent Office has stood firm in the face of speculation surrounding the implementation of the unitary patent by publishing a guide for future patent owners.
24 August 2017 Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has revealed details of a constitutional complaint that has delayed the country’s ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement.