AGREEMENTUnified Patent Court Agreement • February 7th, 2022
CONSIDERING that cooperation amongst the Member States of the European Union in the field of patents contributes significantly to the integration process in Europe, in particular to the establishment of an internal market within the European Union characterised by the free movement of goods and services and the creation of a system ensuring that competition in the internal market is not distorted;
EUROPEAN UNION – “UNITARY” PATENTS – UNIFIED PATENT COURT (UPC) – TheUnified Patent Court Agreement • December 29th, 2013
On 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
Unified Patent Court and the Implications for PharmaUnified Patent Court Agreement • June 7th, 2013
On 19 February 2013, 24 EU member states signed a supra-national agreement which is intended to bring into being a new court called the Uniform Patent Court1. This agreement together with two EU Regulations, the Unitary Patent Regulation (1257/2012) and the Translations Regulation (1260/2012), both of which had been adopted by the European Parliament the previous December, will finally bring into being something akin to a Community Patent and a Community Patent Court. To appreciate the implications of this to industry and in particular the pharmaceutical industry, it is absolutely critical to understand the nature of both the new patent right and the new court.
Unified Patent Court AgreementUnified Patent Court Agreement • November 25th, 2011
A common patent jurisdiction system for both European patents and unitary patents is needed. It is important that the patent jurisdiction is in place when the first European unitary patent is granted.
ELVINGER HOSS PRUSSENUnified Patent Court Agreement • February 2nd, 2021
Luxembourg joins the Unified Patent Court system that goes hand in hand with the creation of the European patent with unitary effect
ContentsUnified Patent Court Agreement • November 22nd, 2012
The implementation of a unitary patent in the European Union requires the adoption of two Regulations; one on the creation of unitary patent protection (COM(2011)215) and a second on the applicable translation arrangements (COM (2011)216).
Agreement on a Unified Patent CourtUnified Patent Court Agreement • May 22nd, 2013
European Unitary Patent and Unified Patent CourtUnified Patent Court Agreement • August 3rd, 2022
