UPC CMS platform for practicing Entry Into Force functionalities

As the UPC announced today, it will provide from May 29 for an unlimited period a CMS system to allow external users to practice Entry Into Force functionalities. The system will be the same as the...

Denmark ratifies the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the UPC

Denmark has deposited its instrument of ratification of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities (PPI) of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) on April 28. Denmark will have a local division in Copenhag...

Proposal for unitary Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) released

The EU Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) system is set to undergo reform as the European Commission has proposed the introduction of unitary SPCs for medicinal and plant protection product...

UPC’s presiding judges announced

The Presidium of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has released its decision on the appointment of presiding judges for the Court's first instance divisions. At a local division typically a panel of t...

UPC Sunrise Period starts

The UPC 3-month sunrise period starts today! Now you can request a delay of the decision to grant European patents, optionally with an advance request for unitary effect, as well as register Opt-O...

Germany deposited its instrument of ratification of the UPC Agreement

Today, the German government deposited its instrument of ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) with the European Council, which triggers the official entry into force of th...

First training for all UPC appointed judges

In January and early February, the Advanced preparatory training for all judges appointed to the Unified Patent Court, as well as an internal rules and practice training for staff from the differen...

Start of the UPC Sunrise Period postponed to March 1, 2023

The start of the sunrise period, i.e. the three month period preceding the actual start of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), has been postponed by two months and is now scheduled for March 1, 2023. (...

Update on the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPCA)

As you may have heard, there is now a strong likelihood that the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPCA) will enter into force very soon, maybe even by the middle of 2022. Therefore, it may no...

UPC on standstill

The long-awaited implementation of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has come into a halt – again. After the Bundestag (the German parliament) and Bundesrat (the “upper house”) had consented to the Ag...