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What You Need to Know About the Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent
In its recently published decision, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) assumes long-arm jurisdiction for patent infringement in the United Kingdom if the defendant is domiciled in a UPC contracting member state. Plaintiffs can...more
To date, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has not held a trial involving standard-essential patents (SEPs). However, the new forum’s Mannheim Local Division has now authored its first SEP-specific order in a case between...more
Written by Daniel A. Kamkar and Eric Furman, Ph.D. After the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, dubbed “Brexit” by the press, many have called into question whether the UK would ratify the Unitary Patent...more
Introduction - The EU Patent Package (the Patent Package) consists of two related, but independent parts: a Unitary EU Patent (the Unitary Patent or UP) and a Unified Patent Court (the UPC). The new system is expected...more