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Structure and functionality of the UPC

1. January 2024/in Special Edition UPC December 2022, Unified Patent Court, UPC Overview

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) consists of a Court of First Instance, a Court of Appeal and a Registry. The Court of First Instance comprises a central chamber sitting in Paris and a division sitting in Munich, as well as several local and regional chambers. All the panels of the Court of First Instance are multinational and composed of three judges …

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UPC: Defence possibilities for defendants

1. January 2024/in Unified Patent Court, UPC Overview

As a formal ground for defence, defendant may challenge the jurisdiction and competence of the UPC, as the competence of the national courts continues to apply for all actions that are not listed in the UPC agreements, such as any actions based on opted-out EP patents …

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Strategic considerations

1. January 2024/in Special Edition UPC December 2022, UPC Overview

The introduction of the unitary patent system paves ways for taking many different routes towards a European patent strategy. Find out which routes are available!

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Interplay between infringement and revocation proceedings in the Unitary Patent System

1. January 2024/in Unified Patent Court, UPC Overview

In the Unitary Patent System, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has jurisdiction over both infringement and revocation actions. However, under certain conditions, an infringement action and a parallel revocation action may be decided by different divisions of the UPC …

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