Jamie Barcombe

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP are most popular: within Government, Public Sector, Litigation and Mediation & Arbitration topic(s) in European Union The Unified Patent Court (UPC) has competence over granted European patents unless they have been opted-out of the UPC’s jurisdiction. However, a recent order from the Paris Central Division indicates one may file a UPC action before the grant of the underlying European patent.

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) has competence over granted European patents unless they have been opted-out of the UPC’s jurisdiction. However, a recent order from the Paris Central Division indicates one may file a UPC action before the grant of the underlying European patent. The order sets out two scenarios in which the UPC has jurisdiction before the grant of a European patent: actions seeking a declaration of non-infringement of a patent pursuant to Art.

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