Following a week of political drama, which has seen the resignation of the Foreign Secretary and the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, the British Government today published its...
The Hungarian Constitutional Court today ruled that the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) is contrary to the Hungarian constitution and therefore cannot be ratified by Hungary.
In a speech to mark World IP Day, the British Government's IP Minister, Sam Gyimah, announced that the UK has ratified the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court.
Article 56, governing pending applications for Supplementary Protection Certificates, remains in the "white" category too.
On 28 February 2018 the European Commission published its draft for an agreement on the UK's terms of withdrawal from the EU.
This morning the German Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) published its "preview for the year", listing the cases ...
On 8 February the Privy Council formally approved the Unified Patent Court (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2018.
According to Mathieu Klos of respected German legal website JUVE, a total of seven organisations* have submitted opinions in relation to the ongoing "Constitutional Complaint"...
Since agreement was reached in December on "sufficient progress" in Phase 1 of the Brexit negotiations (regarding the terms of withdrawal), little news has been heard about the status of EU/UK discussions
In a decision delivered today the European Patent Office revoked a patent relating to CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology which had been granted to the Broad Institute, MIT and Harvard University.
Following the surprise submission last year of a "constitutional complaint" against German participation in the Unified Patent Court system, ratification of the UPC Agreement was put on hold.
Following its consideration by the Grand Committee of the House of Lords last week, the Unified Patent Court (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2017 was formally approved by the House this afternoon.
The Grand Committee of the House of Lords this afternoon considered the Order on Privileges and Immunities, following the Commons' approval of the same Order.
As reported here, the House of Commons' Delegated Legislation Committee considered the UPC Privileges and Immunities Order last week.
On Wednesday afternoon, the House of Commons' Delegated Legislation Committee approved the final piece of legislation which needs to be enacted before the UK can ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement.
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