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Webinar: basics and news about Unified Patent Court
HGF is hosting a webinar on 10th November to discuss ‘Basics and news about Unified Patent Court’. Date 10th November, 2022 Time 14:00 – approx. 15:30 (CET) About the webinar …
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UPC likely to be open on 1 April 2023
On 6 October the UPC preparatory team released its roadmap regarding the opening of the UPC. German ratification of the UPC agreement is likely to be on 19-23 December 2022, …
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Webinar: Litigating in the Unified Patent Court
HGF hosted a webinar on 25th October to discuss ‘Litigating in the Unified Patent Court’. Date 25th October, 2022 Time Session 1 – 7:00 (BST) / 8:00 (CEST) / 15:00 …
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A new patent system dawns over Europe and presents opportunities for Ireland
Major changes to the European patent system will soon be coming into effect with the launch of the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court expected to commence in Spring …
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Webinar: The new Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent – a guide to your contracts
HGF hosted a webinar to discuss the new Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent – a guide to your contracts About the webinar The Provisional Phase of the UPC is …
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Webinar: Validation of a European Patent as a Unitary Patent
Join HGF for a free webinar to discuss Validation of a European Patent as a Unitary Patent. Date 25th July, 2022 Time Session 1 – 7:00 (BST) / 8:00 (CEST) …
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UPC – major step closer to start date of early 2023
The Administrative Committee of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) held its second meeting on 8 July 2022. A major step was taken by the Committee by adopting the Court’s Rules …
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Update on the UPC – expected timeline
The first meetings of the UPC Administrative, Budget and Advisory Committee took place at the end of February. Following these, the Advisory Committee have begun interviewing judges for the court …
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HGF UPC events in Germany and Austria 2022
HGF is holding a webinar and an in-person event covering the UPC in Germany and Austria this Spring. The provisional phase of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is now underway …
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