UK
Ratifies UPC Agreement On 26 April 2018, it was announced by the UK Minister for IP, Sam Gyimah, that the UK has taken the momentous action of ratifying the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA).
UK
Ratifies UPC Agreement On 26 April 2018, it was announced that the UK has taken the momentous action of ratifying the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA).
The unitary patent will be available once 13 member states including the UK, France and Germany have
ratified the UPC agreement.
Not exact matches
Nonetheless, the UK government seems to be eager to
ratify the UPCA, relying on said concept of emphasizing the
UPC's formal status as an international organization and rather closing their eyes on the Union law obligations inevitably tied to it.
After a statement on how the UK intended to proceed in terms of the UPCA after the «Brexit» vote had been long in the waiting, it was announced at the end of November 2016 at the EU Competitiveness Council meeting that the UK «is proceeding with preparations to
ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement», pointing out that «The
UPC itself is not an EU institution, it is an international patent court.»
There had been previous uncertainty over whether the
UPC would be
ratified, and the implications Brexit might have.
The Unified Patent Court (
UPC) Agreement has now been
ratified by the UK government.
The
UPC will begin operations three months after 13 member states including the UK, France and Germany have
ratified the Agreement.