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Video on the Decision of the Bundesverfassungsgericht
Video on the Decision of the Bundesverfassungsgericht Our partner Dr. Christof Augenstein, the Chair of AIPPI’s Standing Committee on the UPC, explains what the decision of the German Constitutional Court regarding the UPC [...]
Will the Unified Patent Court be established? – An analysis of the decision of the Bundesverfassungsgericht
After the Federal Constitutional Court last Friday (20.03.2020) announced its long-awaited decision on the constitutional complaint against the ratification of the EPC, the last building block for the start of the Unified European Patent Court [...]
Federal Constitutional Court stops Unified Patent Court for formal reasons
Federal Constitutional Court stops Unified Patent Court for formal reasons The German Federal Constitutional Court has declared the law approving the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) null and void. This means [...]
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