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Patent Firms From the United States Try Hard to Push the Unitary Patent (UPC), Which Would Foment Litigation Wars in Europe

ANAQUASummary: The UPC push seems to be coming from firms which not only fail to represent public interests but are not even European

THE UPC is a dead or dying project, but Team UPC and Team Battistelli (a small bunch of hooligans at the EPO) refuse to let go.



We need to keep a close eye on these manoeuvres and we invite readers to send us more information because Team UPC always prefers secrecy (except when it lies to the public, whereupon it uses gullible journalists as couriers).

"The Empire strikes back," a reader told us today. "After the recent turbulence at the MPI event in Munich on Friday the 13th (!), in which concerned Munich patent attorneys and representatives of industry rained on Mr. Ernst's parade, it now seems that the pro-UPC forces are launching a counter offensive. This event is scheduled for 6 November at 15:00 in the Event Pavilion in Nymphenburgerstraße 3B in Munich.

"We need to keep a close eye on these manoeuvres and we invite readers to send us more information because Team UPC always prefers secrecy (except when it lies to the public, whereupon it uses gullible journalists as couriers).""According to the press release: "ANAQUA initiates a Dialog about the Future of the European Patents".

"The organisers of this event are ANAQUA Inc., a Boston-based (!) provider of intellectual asset management (IAM) and SaaS software and services."

As a reminder to our readers, IAM organised a US-based event for UPC advocacy -- an event which was funded by the US-based PR firm of the EPO and directly supported by the EPO.

"As a reminder to our readers, IAM organised a US-based event for UPC advocacy -- an event which was funded by the US-based PR firm of the EPO and directly supported by the EPO.""The speakers are Michael Fröhlich from the EPA," our reader continued, "Philipp Nordmeyer from Munich-based patent law firm df-mp and Dr. Heiner Flocke who is the Chairman of the German industry association "Patentverein.de". The discussion will be chaired by Wulf Höflich of the Munich-based patent law firm AKLAW.

"More details about the event can be found here (in German) and an English version of the press release about the ANAQUA event can be found here ("Anaqua Hosts Dialogue on the Future of European Patents").

"Attendance requires registration before 27. October. The e-mail address for registration is: mklein@anaqua.com."

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