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Jurisdiction of the UPC: decision of the Court of Appeal
In this important decision (UPC_CoA_30/2024 APL_ 4000/2024 Fives ECL, SAS vs. REEL GmbH) the court of appeal decided whether the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has competence for deciding about damages for on infringement decided by a national court and whether it has jurisdiction an acts of infringement committed before the entry into force of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA).
UPC extends its jurisdiction to the United Kingdom!
Decision UPC_CFI_355/2023 dated 28 January 2025.
Lavoix: Your trusted partner for litigation before the Unified Patent Court
Since the establishment of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) one year ago, Lavoix, a European group specialized in intellectual property, has asserted itself as a leader in managing patent litigation.
Romania will accede the UPC agreement on September 1st 2024
Romania has deposited its instrument of ratification on May 31, 2024 and will accede to the UPC agreement on September 1st, 2024.
Cumulative Protection under the UPC Framework
Cumulative Protection: European Patent and National Patent vs Unitary Patent and National Patent
UPC and opt-out: definition, advantages and drawbacks
The present system of European (EP) patents granted by the European Patent Office, has the drawback that the same patent, validated in several states, may lead to several parallel disputes in these jurisdictions. The Unified Patent package creates a unitary effect for European patents encompassing the states that have ratified the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA – to be found here). That is to say, an EP patent with unitary effect will have the same effects in all the states that ratified the UPCA and where said patent has been validated. It also creates a single court (the Unified Patent
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