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2017: Latest Year That the Unitary Patent (UPC) is Still Stuck in a Limbo

The EPO's Battistelli has lost his main UPC ally in the UK, Lucy Neville-Rolfe

https://twitter.com/DrLukeMcDonagh/status/806884028804714496

https://twitter.com/DrLukeMcDonagh/status/803904641998135296

Summary: The issues associated with the UPC, especially in light of ongoing negotiations of Britain's exit from the EU, remain too big a barrier to any implementation this year (and probably future years too)

THE UPC was a big topic, more so towards the end of last year, especially because of Lucy's ludicrous statement about it and then her resignation/firing, culminating in yet more uncertainty and a limbo. SUEPO correctly (if not belatedly) took note of top posts in the patent microcosm's sites. On IAM it wrote: "IAM blog's top 20 most-read stories of 2016 (IAM Magazine, 22 December 2016). EPO info can be found at reference points 9, 11, 15 and 16."



"A lot of the above articles are actually not about the EPO directly but about the UPC, which Battistelli keeps promoting."On Kluwer Patent Blog (Team UPC) SUEPO wrote: "Brexit and EPO unrest in top ten of most popular posts Kluwer Patent Blog in 2016 (Kluwer Patent Blog, 01 January 2017). EPO info can be found at reference points 1, 3, 5, 7 and 10."

As we noted here a couple of days ago, IP Watch too shared some statistics and noted that articles about the EPO topped their list. A lot of the above articles are actually not about the EPO directly but about the UPC, which Battistelli keeps promoting. Battistelli lies a lot about the UPC. According to what he told the media in 2015 (his so-called 'media partners' even printed these lies), the EPO was in great shape and UPC would have been a done deal and ready to roll last year. We recently wrote the following series which explains why, as long as the UK intends to leave the EU, the UPC is basically stuck or deadlocked. Brexit and UPC are inherently incompatible. Revisit the following:



Towards the end of this series we quoted Dr. Luke McDonagh (University of London's Law School) quite a lot. He is a UPC sceptic in the sense that he does not believe it can happen and next month he will speak about it, debating with/against the patent microcosm. [via]

"Brexit and UPC are inherently incompatible."McDonagh is not a patent attorney and he is definitely not part of the patent microcosm, so his input on this subject has been refreshing and valuable. We look forward to his talk and maybe even reports about it (probably not only to be covered by the patent microcosm's sites). From the description of this event: "At this event Dr Luke McDonagh of The City Law School will launch his new book ‘European Patent Litigation in the Shadow of the Unified Patent Court’ (Edward Elgar, 2016) with a panel discussion on the impact of Brexit on patent litigation in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, with a particular focus on the forthcoming Unified Patent Court and future relations between the UK and EU."

The book's description can be found here (first chapter free, as mentioned here before) and to quote from the outline: "Making use of evidence from within the business and legal communities, this book highlights the key issues concerning the new system and examines what the impact of the reforms is likely to be on Europe's patent litigation system in the near future."

In its current form, the UPC is in impasse/deadlock. It won't become a reality unless something quite radical happens.

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