UPC Blog Series: Part 1 – The Unified Patent Court (UPC)? Not our concern, right?

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Henri Kaikkonen

Partner
Finland

As a partner at our Helsinki office, I lead our Finnish Intellectual Property Group. My practice encompasses IP litigation, protection and commercialisation of IP rights, and regulatory advice, particularly in the Life Sciences, Medical Devices, and Food & Beverage sectors.

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Anne-Charlotte Le Bihan

Partner
France

I co-head our French IP team and our International patent group.

The single most remarkable reform in the European patent landscape is soon here, as the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the Unitary Patent (UP) system will come into force on 1 June 2023.

To make the best of the upcoming sunrise period starting 1 March 2023, our experts from different jurisdictions will, under this blog series, share their insights on topics that may have received less attention in the ongoing lively UPC/UP discussion.

The first part of this article concerns denial, and the excuses businesses rely on to disregard the UP/UPC reform. Given the reform’s complexity and uncertain outcome, it is unsurprising that businesses which should be interested have not always been paying attention.

By examining these ‘excuses’ below, we will determine who may safely determine that the UP/UPC reform is none of their concern, and who on the contrary, should be following its developments…

Full article available on PatentHub

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