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Another Step Closer To The Unitary Patent - Intellectual Property - European Union

The EU "unitary patent" took a step closer to being established on 15 October when a further EU state ratified the preparatory protocol.

A unitary EU SPC system may be on the cards, but it will be tough to achieve | IAM

Although life sciences companies would favour such a change, there are significant obstacles standing in the way of it happening

[Meme] This Did Not Age Well, Did It?

The illusion of the EPO caring about courts and about law is just an illusion

Reality is Warped When You Pay for 'Perception Management' (or: Bill Gates Pays Twitter for Propaganda)

Posted just over an hour ago...

EU-wide SPCs would make unitary patent system more attractive, says Bayer IP chief | IAM

Joerg Thomaier believes unitary supplementary protection certificates should be introduced to coincide with the roll-out of the UPC

[Meme] Don't Mention 'Brexit' to Team UPC

It seems perfectly clear that UPC cannot start, contrary to what the EPO‘s António Campinos told the Council last week (lying, as usual) and what the EPO insinuates in Twitter; in fact, a legal challenge to this should be almost trivial

[Meme] Don't Mention 'Brexit' to Team UPC

It seems perfectly clear that UPC cannot start, contrary to what the EPO‘s António Campinos told the Council last week (lying, as usual) and what the EPO insinuates in Twitter; in fact, a legal challenge to this should be almost trivial

[Meme] Don't Mention 'Brexit' to Team UPC

It seems perfectly clear that UPC cannot start, contrary to what the EPO‘s António Campinos told the Council last week (lying, as usual) and what the EPO insinuates in Twitter; in fact, a legal challenge to this should be almost trivial

[Meme] Sorry, Wrong Country (Or: Slovenia isn't Great Britain)

Team UPC is trying to go ahead with a total hoax which a high-level European court would certainly put an end to (if or when a referral is initiated)

[Meme] Sorry, Wrong Country (Or: Slovenia isn't Great Britain)

Team UPC is trying to go ahead with a total hoax which a high-level European court would certainly put an end to (if or when a referral is initiated)

Naming and Shaming 'Captured' Publications That Knowingly and Intentionally Published Fake News About the EU's Unified Patent Court So Far This Week

The lies of Team UPC went too far and even mouthpieces of EPO management are seemingly dissenting now, refusing to accept the latest "official" lies (which Team UPC is plastering all over headlines in sites under its control, or the "captured" media)

A history of barcodes - a revolution that took 20 years to happen | Benoni City Times

It’s a fascinating history that can be traced back to the original concept developed in the late 1940s, its official patent in the early 1950s, and finally its commercial take off more than 20 years later in the 1970s.

Strategic move: How Quinn Emanuel and Kirkland became US firm success stories in Europe - JUVE Patent

Few US law firms have broken into the European patent litigation business. Yet Kirkland & Ellis and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan