Single EU patent court delayed ‘until 2016 or beyond’ as jurisdiction amended
This article was originally published in SRA
Executive Summary
The European Commission is planning to update the legislation on court jurisdiction and the recognition of judgments in order to allow the future Unified Patent Court to enter into force as soon as possible1. But despite this enabling measure, the UPC is unlikely to be operational until 2016 or beyond, as the national and internecine politics play out.