Unified Patent Court Approved in Europe

December 13th, 2012
Patents/IP

by Daniel Sineway

The European Parliament has approved a Unified Patent Court (UPC) that should offer greater consistency and treatment of patents across the EU member countries. Under the current system, after a European patent application is approved, the patent must be “registered” in each country in which patent rights are desired. And, if a lawsuit arises, each individual country typically has jurisdiction to proceed over the merits of any patent infringement suit brought there.

Under the new regime, patents will no longer be required to be ratified in each country of interest, and one set of tribunals will decide

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