The German parliament recently passed the Approval Act (the Act) regarding the planned European Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the protocol on a UPC on provisional application (PPA). The Act was passed after Germany's Federal Constitutional Court rejected applications for a preliminary injuction directed against the Act. The instrument of Germany's ratification of the PPA (not of the UPC Agreement (UPCA) has been deposited with the European Council. Continue Reading
Friday, October 8 2021 \ Published by JD Supra .