“After the Order of the German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) dated 23 June 2021 it is now clarified that Germany is able to participate in the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) and the Protocol on the Provisional Application of the UPCA (the PAP-Protocol). In the process of full entry into force of the UPCA, there are some steps that need to be followed. The first step is Germany’s ratification of the PAP-Protocol. The German Federal President has already signed the ratification bill on 7 August 2021, promulgated on 12 August 2021. Although the German ratification has been of key importance for unlocking the process, it is not enough …” (more)
[Frantzeska Papadopoulou, The IPKat, 20 September]
First posted 2021-09-20 15:00:03
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