The sun is finally rising on the unified patent jurisdiction
According to Rabelais, on the main door of Thélème was inscribed: Don't come in, hypocrites, bigots Old matagotz, bloated pot ... Likewise, on the door of the Unified Patent Jurisdiction (JUB), we can register that the pessimists, hypocrites and enemies of progress have ended up losing their bet: the JUB will indeed come into force soon. And yet, the opponents of this immense project , awaited for more than forty years by users of the patent system, have not disarmed. A first attack before the German Constitutional Court resulted in the annulment in February 2020 of the German ratification law due to an insufficient majority during the vote in parliament (see C. Meiller and V. Chapuis, Patent: dirty times for the unified patent court, Dalloz actualité, 8 Apr. 2020). The German government, supported by the majority of industrialists and patent users, was quick to resubmit the same ratification law in parliament. This was voted on November 26, 2020 by a large majority (100 votes mor...
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