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On 20 July 2020, the UK Government announced its official withdrawal from the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement. This is a disappointment but not unexpected. Does this mark an end to over 40 years of efforts to produce a harmonised IP litigation process in Europe? Of course not. The UPC has, in recent year...
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On Friday 20 March 2020 the German Federal Constitutional Court dealt a blow to the Unified Patent Court (UPC), issuing a decision to uphold a constitutional complaint lodged against the German ratification of the UPC agreement. The complainant (a German patent attorney), had argued that the ratification of the UPC agreement was contrary to the Ger...
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