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The UPC Preparatory Committee has announced that a provisional timetable for the entry into force of the new Unified Patent Court (UPC) and Unitary Patent (UP) will be delayed.
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The UPC Preparatory Committee has announced that a provisional timetable for the
entry into force of the new Unified Patent Court (UPC) and Unitary
Patent (UP) will be delayed.
The targeted date for entry into force was December 2017. A new
timetable is expected to be announced shortly.
The UPC can enter into force once a threshold number of EU
states have both ratified the UPC Agreement and consented to a
protocol for a 'provisional application period' of the UPC
– a preparatory period for activities such as the recruitment
of judges.
The reason given for the delay is that the provisional
application period cannot begin in due time without the threshold
number of consenting states.
More progress has been made with respect to ratification of the
UPC Agreement, which will be complete once the UK and Germany have
ratified.
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