2022 forecast: what lies in store for the UPC?
As the dust settles following a turbulent year for IP, lawyers have cast their predictions for the pivotal issues and cases that will feature over the next 12 months.
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As the dust settles following a turbulent year for IP, lawyers have cast their predictions for the pivotal issues and cases that will feature over the next 12 months.
Austria became the 13th country to join the protocol on a European Unified Patent Court UPC. The Austrian government is expected to formally deposit its ratification shortly. With the upcoming Austrian ratification, the UPC Preparatory Committee can formally start its work.
The draft legislation enabling Austria to ratify the Protocol on the Provisional Application (PPA) of the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA)…
Many people, lay and professional, are not aware that there are several different types of US patents available to inventors. Some use the word patent to describe only what they call “mechanical” and “design” patents.
In its Plenary session on Friday 19 November, Austria’s National Council unanimously approved the draft legislation enabling Austria to ratify the…