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"The UPC must harness user enthusiasm to ensure a successful launch on 1 June"

The UPC Sunrise Period has officially begun. In three months, the Unified Patent Court will launch. What could go wrong? Not much, unless too many tec ...

1 March 2023 by Mathieu Klos
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European Patent Office

EPO and IPQC reach impasse in patent quality discussion

Following the publication of their respective patent quality charters, representatives from both industry and the EPO have met to discuss their views ...

21 February 2023 by Konstanze Richter
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Unified Patent Court

Germany becomes 17th member state to ratify UPC Agreement

Today, Germany has formally deposited its instrument of ratification of the UPC Agreement with the Council of the European Union, becoming the 17th me ...

17 February 2023 by Amy Sandys
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Germany

Mannheim Regional Court establishes third patent chamber

In addition to the 2nd and 7th Civil Chambers, Mannheim Regional Court now has a third chamber for patent litigation. The 14th Civil Chamber will also ...

16 February 2023 by Mathieu Klos
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What will the UPC Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre bring us?

In line with the current trend that gives greater importance to alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) mechanisms, especially in intellectual property ...

6 February 2023 by Simmons + Simmons LLP
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European Patent Office

German Constitutional Court rejects complaints against Boards of Appeal

The German Constitutional Court has confirmed that it has no objections to the current structure of the Boards of Appeal at the European Patent Office ...

13 January 2023 by Mathieu Klos
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European Patent Office

Administrative Council focuses on continuity in management

All three of the European Patent Office’s vice presidents are to serve another term. Nellie Simon, Christoph Ernst and Stephen Rowan were re-elected y ...

14 December 2022 by Laura King
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Unified Patent Court

UPC postpones start of sunrise period to 1 March 2023

The Unified Patent Court will begin its work two months later than initially planned. As the court announced today, the start of the sunrise period ha ...

5 December 2022 by Konstanze Richter
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Unified Patent Court

Third seat of central division in Milan remains a priority for Italian government

At the end of November, the Italian Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio met with his German counterpart Marco Buschmann in Berlin to discuss the location ...

2 December 2022 by Laura King
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Video hearings

Video conferencing officially new standard at the EPO

From the beginning of 2023, video conferencing will become the new normal for oral proceedings in opposition at the European Patent Office. Until now, ...

30 November 2022 by Joshua Silverwood
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"The UPC will succeed if its part-time judges have space to grow"

Although the final list of 85 UPC judges has largely gone down well in the patent community, some individuals are questioning the independence of the ...

31 October 2022 by Mathieu Klos
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UPC: How are damages dealt with

One of the main benefits of the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) is that proceedings no longer have to be fragmented/divided across Europe (if the proceed ...

21 October 2022 by Simmons + Simmons LLP
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Unified Patent Court

UPC Administrative Committee publishes final judges list

The UPC Administrative Committee has announced the total list of its 85 judges, including 34 legally qualified and 51 technically qualified individual ...

19 October 2022 by Mathieu Klos
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Dissatisfied industry users push back against EPO quality measures

For years, the patent community has debated the level of quality of the patents granted by the EPO. Although the office is making continual efforts to ...

12 October 2022 by Konstanze Richter
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Opinion

"CureVac and Moderna might be filing patent suits – but their brakes are firmly on"

The honeymoon period is over. While patent lawsuits over COVID-19 vaccines were still taboo at the height of the pandemic, Moderna and CureVac are now ...

8 September 2022 by Konstanze Richter
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