Author: Louise AMAR

Louise Amar is a junior lawyer at Amar Goussu Staub. She graduated from the University of Kent (LLB in English and French Law), the Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne (Licence) and the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (LLM in Law Development and Governance). She completed her Legal Practice Course at BPP London in 2015. Louise has been managing the UPC Blog since 2013.
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Italy one step closer to become a signatory to the UPC Agreement

Encouraging steps by participating member states towards the entry into force of the UPC Agreement

While summer was in full swing, it seems that we missed an important piece of information about the UPC Agreement…

In fact, Italy notified the European Council on 07th July 2015 of “its intention to participate in the enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection and in the enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection with regard to the applicable translation arrangements“.

Italy, therefore, seems committed to become a signatory to the Unified Patent Court Agreement, and the 26th country to participate to the Unitary Patent.

Its letter to the General Secretariat of the Council can be found here.

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The UPC Agreement (English, French, German)

Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application

You can access below the UPC Agreement in English.

Télécharger (PDF, 2.91MB)

You can access below the UPC Agreement in French.

Télécharger (PDF, Unknown)

You can access below the UPC Agreement in German.

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Here is the video of the UPC Agreement signing ceremony:

http://www.upc.documents.eu.com/2013-02-19_Signing_Ceremony_Int_Agreement_UPC.html

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EU Regulations 1260/2012 (English, French, German)

UPC Q&A

You can access below EU Regulation 1260/2012 in English, French and German:

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EU Regulation 1257/2012 (English, French, German)

UPC Q&A

You can access below EU Regulation 1257/2012 in English, French, German: 

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Where to find the Conventions, Treaties, Regulations, Agreements related to the UPC?

UPC Q&A

The  UPC’s primary sources are various, and it can be quite difficult at times to locate them. The UPC Blog by LAVOIX has therefore created a new category in its blog that indexes the main pieces of legislation and documents relevant to the UPC.

 

You will notably find: