process has moved forward in recent times. The Privy Council approved UK legislation needed for ratification earlier this month. The Unified Patent Court (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2018 confers
The UK government has prepared legislation to give effect to EU legislation on the unitary patent and to the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPC), which backs the creation of a new UPC for
Context: In general, Unified Patent Court (UPC) practitioners are well aware of the implications of the young judiciary’s frontloaded proceedings. Anything that can be pleaded early must be pleaded
In April, a French court extended the concept of disparagement to an ongoing UPC case for the first time. The ruling affects Dutch company Qiagen, which had published a press release on its
201 327, which protects insulin patch pumps. The European patent has unitary effect which can only be asserted before the UPC. Now, the Court of Appeal has ruled Eoflow must cease distribution and
implementation patents. This is likely to be the start of a new extensive patent battle. Malikie, founded in 2023 to commercialise the BlackBerry patent portfolio, is part of the Irish company Key Patent
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