EUROPEAN UNION – “UNITARY” PATENTS – UNIFIED PATENT COURT (UPC) – TheUnified Patent Court Agreement • December 29th, 2013
Contract Type FiledDecember 29th, 2013On 19 February 2013, twenty-five Member States of the European Union signed an agreement setting up “a Unified Patent Court” (hereinafter “the UPC Agreement”),1 which supplements Regulation 1257/2012 creating unitary protection by means of European patents and Regulation 1260/2012 governing the translation arrangements for these types of European patents. The three texts constitute a complex ensemble, which is presented fairly succinctly in the following.2
EUROPEAN UNION – “UNITARY” PATENTS – UNIFIED PATENT COURT (UPC) – TheUnified Patent Court Agreement • December 29th, 2013
Contract Type FiledDecember 29th, 2013On 19 February 2013, twenty-five Member States of the European Union signed an agreement setting up “a Unified Patent Court” (hereinafter “the UPC Agreement”),1 which supplements Regulation 1257/2012 creating unitary protection by means of European patents and Regulation 1260/2012 governing the translation arrangements for these types of European patents. The three texts constitute a complex ensemble, which is presented fairly succinctly in the following.2
EUROPEAN UNION – “UNITARY” PATENTS – UNIFIED PATENT COURT (UPC) – TheUnified Patent Court Agreement • December 29th, 2013
Contract Type FiledDecember 29th, 2013On 19 February 2013, twenty-five Member States of the European Union signed an agreement setting up “a Unified Patent Court” (hereinafter “the UPC Agreement”),1 which supplements Regulation 1257/2012 creating unitary protection by means of European patents and Regulation 1260/2012 governing the translation arrangements for these types of European patents. The three texts constitute a complex ensemble, which is presented fairly succinctly in the following.2