Europe’s ‘one patent court to rule them all’ vision may be destroyed by EPO shenanigans
The freeze on long-held plans to approve a single patent court for Europe is a result of the actions of the president of the European Patent Office. The Unitary Patent Court (UPC) has been in progress since 2012, but last month Germany’s constitutional court unexpectedly ordered a halt to legislation ratifying it. The German government’s approval is essential for the court to move forward.
