Resources
Legal documents establishing the unitary patent system
Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (and Statute of the Unified Patent Court) OJ 2013/C 175/01
Unitary Patent Regulation No 1257/2012 (PDF format)
Translation Regime Regulation No 1260/2012 (PDF format)
EU council decision of 10 March 2011 authorising enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection (2011/167/EU) (PDF format)
Regulation 1215/2012 as amended by Regulation 542/2014 (Brussels I) (PDF format)
Unitary patent
EPO Rules relating to unitary patent protection
EPO Rules relating to the fees for unitary patent protection
EPO Rules relating to budgetary and financial implications of the unitary patent
European commission’s commentary on the unitary patent
UPC
UPC Rules of Procedure (18th draft)
Rules on Court Fees and Recoverable Costs
Follow the UPC ratification process
UPC preparatory committee consultation on court fees and recoverable costs
UPC case management system (beta test site – sign-up required)
“An enhanced European Patent System”– endorsed by UPC Select and Preparatory Committees in 2014
Latest news from the UPC preparatory committee
UK implementation of the unitary patent system
The Patents (European Patent with Unitary Effect and Unified Patent Court) Order 2016 (draft statutory instrument) (PDF format)
Summary of responses to UKIPO’s consultation
Government response to UKIPO’s consultation
Impact Assessments (PDF format) (PDF format)
Intellectual Property Act 2014 (Article 17 provides for implementation of the UPC Agreement)
Exploring perspectives of the unitary patent and UPC – An analysis by the UKIPO of the key issues for potential users of the unitary patent and UPC and recommendations of how to address them. (July 2014) (PDF format)
Key materials
Unitary patent regulation – 1257/2012
Translation regulation – 1260/2012
Agreement on a Unified Patent Court – 2013/C 175/01
Unitary patent package – Rules of Procedure for the Unified Patent Court (17th Draft)
UPC and UP
Follow the UPC ratification progress
Patent Grant
Patent Enforcement
The Court of Justice of the European Union diary and Judicial calendar
UK Court of Appeal Case tracker
UK Intellectual Property Enterprise Court diary
UK Intellectual Property Enterprise Court guide
UK Patent Court Guide (July 2015)
UK Supreme Court Cases tracker
Searching for patents
Patent databases, registers and gazettes (EPO)
General patent legislation and guidelines
British Library patent resources
British Library UK national patent library
EU Compulsory Licensing Regulation
EU Customs Enforcement Regulation
Searching for case law
Case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union