Year’s Delay Possible For Europe’s Unified Patent Court As German Ratification Is Put On Hold
Executive Summary
Plans to bring Europe’s new Unified Patent Court system into operation could be delayed for more than a year following a legal challenge to Germany’s ratification of the UPC Agreement that could have knock-on effects in the UK.
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