Preparation Plan For Europe’s Unified Patent Court Delayed; UK General Election Spells More Uncertainty
Executive Summary
The failure of some EU member states to agree on the important provisional application phase of Europe’s unitary patent and Unified Patent Court could prevent the new system going live on schedule, as could the coming UK general election.
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