The international agreement establishing a Unified Patent Court (UPC) was signed by ministers in Brussels on Tuesday (19 February), heralding the uniform applicability of the new Single Patent law in the 24 countries signing up.
The new court will provide a single jurisdiction for patent disputes, avoiding the need to go to law in more than one country to defend a patent, preventing contradictory court rulings on the same issues and reducing the costs of patent litigation.
Following the signing of the agreement, the ratification process by national parliaments can now start, with at least 13 member states required to ratify the agreement for it to enter into force
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