Just a couple of days ago, the announcement by the Court that no agreement could be reached among Member States and therefore the competencies of the London seat of the Central Division would be split between Paris and Munich opened a debate on the possibilities for Milan to host the Central Division.
The Italian Government
Updates about current status of discussions regarding the third seat of the central division of the UPC recently surfaced on the Italian press and in parliamentary activities.
Recent reports confirm that France and Germany would have agreed to move the seat from London to Milan, on condition of withholding some competences in Munich (apparently, chemistry
The German government has announced to have deposited the instrument of ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA). This is the much-awaited last step needed for the Unified Patent Court (UPC) to become operational.
Following the ratification of Germany, the UPC will open its doors and will be ready to receive its
As reported by the website of the Italian Ministry of Justice, a bilateral meeting took place on the 27th of November between Mr. Carlo Nordio, the Italian Minister of Justice, and Mr. Marco Buschmann, his German counterpart.
The meeting focused on two
La decisione (la cui versione, non ancora ufficiale, è disponibile qui), assunta in data 11 novembre 2022 e annunciata il 14 (comunicato disponibile qui), anticipa al 1 gennaio 2023 la possibilità per i titolari di domande di brevetto europeo pendenti di richiedere un rinvio della concessione del brevetto richiesto in attesa della entrata
Following yesterday’s deposit by Austria of its instrument of ratification of the Protocol on Provisional Application of the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court, the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union has just declared that the Protocol has now entered into force. Similar statements were issued by the European Patent Office and
The Federal Government of Germany has just announced that it has deposited the instrument of ratification for the Protocol on the Provisional Application of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court. This is a decisive step towards the start of UPC operations in the near future, after years of uncertainties.
As explained by the Preparatory