Victor V. Fetscher with article in UPC special edition of The Patent Lawyer magazine

A changing landscape: German courts in the maelstrom of the UPC

For decades, the German national courts, in particular Düsseldorf, Munich and Mannheim, have been the go-to places for patent disputes in Europe. The introduction of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), to whose one-year anniversary The Patent Lawyer magazine is dedicating a special issue, has opened up new options for patent proprietors who plan to litigate.

What does this mean for the German courts and what future lies ahead for the UPC? BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT attorney at law Victor V. Fetscher addresses these questions in his article “A changing landscape: German courts in the maelstrom of the UPC”.

His full article, written in English and published in the special issue “Unified Patent Court: one year in” on September 30, 2024, can be found as a pdf here.