This article is based on a Feb. 2023 Womble Bond Dickinson webinar featuring WBD Partners James Love (UK) and Ryan Cagle, Fabio Marino and Karthika Perumal (U.S.). Patent owners soon will be entering ...

Businesses throughout the world holding or planning patents in Europe should familiarize themselves with the new Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court and – depending on patent protection strategy - ...

On Thursday, August 29, Romania joined the Unitary Patent system, becoming the 18 th country to join the European patent system. “The accession of Romania clearly demonstrates the relevance of the ...

In today’s global market, international patent protection can be crucial, and for many inventions Europe is an important region where patents are needed. According to the present system, considerable ...

Bites (noun): more meaty news to sink your teeth into. Barks (noun): peripheral noise worth your attention. This week in Other Barks & Bites: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) ...

The Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) are new building blocks that will supplement and strengthen the existing centralized European patent granting and enforcement system. In short, ...

Negotiations on the E.U.’s future unitary patent system were concluded on Friday by a decision on where the central division of the European Unified Patent Court will be located. The central division ...