The UK has deposited the document required to apply the Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application (PPA) with the depository for the UPC Agreement. This protocol will allow some parts of the UPC Agreement to be applied provisionally.
As previously announced, the timetable for the start of the period of provisional application and the entry into force of the UPC Agreement is relying on the timely finalisation of national procedures concerning the ratification of the UPC Agreement (UPCA) and the participation in the Protocol on
As announced after the last meeting of the UPC’s Preparatory Committee on 15 March 2017, the timetable for the start of the period of provisional application and for the entry into force of the UPC Agreement is relying on the timely finalisation of national procedures concerning the ratification
The latest version of the draft Rules of Procedure can be found here.
The UPC Preparatory Committee met in The Hague on 15 March 2017 for the last time before the next stage of the project would commence; the phase of provisional application.
The Preparatory Committee is now working under the assumption that the Provisional Application Phase (PAP) will start end of spring 2017, presumably in May, and that the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPCA) can enter into force and the Court become operational in December 2017.
As previously reported, the UPC Preparatory Committee has largely completed all the work required in preparation for the Court to become fully operational.
The Italian authorities have formally selected the location for the local division to be set up in Milan. It will be hosted within the premises of the new Milan Courthouse, at the following address: Via San Barnaba n. 50, Milan.
The original timetable for recruitment of UPC judges was to complete interviews and make appointments early in 2017. The current timetable is being revisited in the light of the result of the referendum in the UK, which will to some extent delay the entry into operation of the UPC.
The 18th Preparatory Committee was held in Paris.
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