202309.01

UPC (Unified Patent Court) announces first hearings in Munich

in Publications Tags: Patent, Patent court, UPC

UPC (Unified Patent Court) announces first hearings in Munich On 5 and 19 September the Local Division of the UPC in Munich will host its first public hearings. Both cases are PI proceedings initiated by 10x Genomics and others against Nanostring Technologies and others. According to the information from the UPC website: Public hearing 1…

201606.28

Bulgaria ratifies the Unitary Patent Convention (UPC) Agreement

in Publications Tags: Unitary Patent Convention, UPC

On 3 June 2016 Bulgaria became the 10th country to ratify the Unitary Patent Convention (UPC) Agreement. The other countries so far are Finland, Portugal, Luxembourg, Malta, Denmark, Belgium, Sweden, France and Austria. The unitary patent system requires 13 countries to ratify, including the UK, France and Germany. So apart from the UK and Germany,…