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03. March 2022
News about the Unitary Patent system- Mere Info
20. March 2020
DECISION by German Court on conplaint to UPC announced
The German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht - BVerfG) has finally announced its decision in the constitutional complaint against the UPC Agreement (UPCA), filed in March 2017 by a German lawyer.
The Court concluded that the UPCA as a law assigning sovereign rights to a supranational institution should have been passed in parliament with a qualified majority, i.e. two thirds instead of a simple majority. Thus, Germany's passing of the bill is void for the moment being.
The German government may remedy their shortcoming by presenting the bill again to parliament and if the Bundestag then passes the bill with a two-thirds majority, Germany can still access the UPCA as planned. In 2017, the bill was passed with only 35 members of parliament present, so a two-thirds majority may be obtained if more members of the parlament are present
The Decision and Brexit put UPC on hold.
11. February 2020
IP rights in UK after Brexit - More Info
20 December 2019
Hongkong establish new individual patent system as alternative to existing system
21. July 2015
Congratulations to Michael Fabricius Madsen on becoming a European Patent Attorney
11 May 2015
Greenland and the Faroe Islands
27 March 2015
New fee structure from 1 April 2015
9 February 2015
Validation of EP patents in Morocco
4 December 2014
Norway has ratified the London Agreement
26 May 2014
Unitary Patent: Denmark voted yes
2 May 2014
Reduction of official fees for European patent applications
25 October 2013
Elimination of the 24-months deadline for filing divisional European patent applications
20 June 2013
Community trademark and design applications extended to Croatia
1 May 2013
New formality rules relating to validation of EP patents in Denmark
11 January 2013
Patent Prosecution Highway
12 December 2012
EU unitary patent rules approved by the EU-parliament
19 September 2011
New US patent law reforms the US patent system