This article is based on a Feb. 2023 Womble Bond Dickinson webinar featuring WBD Partners James Love (UK) and Ryan Cagle, Fabio Marino and Karthika Perumal (U.S.). Patent owners soon will be entering ...

“In the lead up to Brexit and the introduction of the Unitary Patent system, European patentees should consider whether or not to ‘opt out’ of the Unified Patent Court jurisdiction.” With a “no-deal” ...

Businesses throughout the world holding or planning patents in Europe should familiarize themselves with the new Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court and – depending on patent protection strategy - ...

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The Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) are new building blocks that will supplement and strengthen the existing centralized European patent granting and enforcement system. In short, ...

On Thursday, August 29, Romania joined the Unitary Patent system, becoming the 18 th country to join the European patent system. “The accession of Romania clearly demonstrates the relevance of the ...

Industry sources at the Pharmaceutical Patent Term Extension conference in Munich question the practical details of unitary SPCs, including granting procedure, enforcement, and judicial review The ...

Negotiations on the E.U.’s future unitary patent system were concluded on Friday by a decision on where the central division of the European Unified Patent Court will be located. The central division ...