One Year to Brexit - Are Rumours of the Death of the Unified Patent Court Agreement Greatly Exaggerated?
Mark Twain 1835-1910 Source Wikipedia Jane Lambert "James Ross Clemens, a cousin of mine, was seriously ill two or three weeks ago in London, but is well now. The report of my illness grew out of his illness; the report of my death was an exaggeration." (Mark Twain) The last time I wrote about the Unified Patent Court and unitary patent I was pessimistic on whether the United Kingdom could remain a party to the Unified Patent Court Agreement after 29 May 2019 and also on whether that agreement could survive the UK's departure (see What, if anything, can be salvaged from the UPC Agreement? 26 Jan 2018). On balance I am still pessimistic but I have not yet given up hope on either score. There are four reasons for not giving up hope completely all of which have arisen since my last article:- The Privy Council made The Unified Patent Court (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2018 SI 1988 No 184 on 8 Feb 2018 which clears t...