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Patent litigation aficionado, news on the Unified Patent Court from Munich to the world, opinions are my own. RT not (necessarily) endorsement.

Joined January 2017
#UPC Brexit live hearing UK Parliament
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Certainly room for debate. However, pursuant to Art. 87(3) UPCA no implementation of necessary changes via Admin Committee possible if just one (1) participating Member State objects. Wd necessitate full-blown review conference of all pMS. +12 months of insecurity. #UPC #Brexit
Brexit has begun. What this means for intellectual property, and specifically the Unified Patent Court project, is still undetermined. But many in the European patent market are quietly confident that Brexit doesn't spell the end of the UK in the UPC: bit.ly/2OuY5DU
UK „intends to explore“ options to stay in UPCA.
Statement from HM Government, 6 July, 2018; II. BENEFITS OF THE MODEL: „ending the jurisdiction of the CJEU in the UK, with no more preliminary references from UK courts“. assets.publishing.service.go…
Not travelling in black tuxedo and bow tie may have helped.
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If I am not mistaken, Brexit Secr. David Davis just told Commons´ „Exiting the EU“ Cmmttee that he considers acceptable that no UK judges will be on CJEU in transition period even though UK will be fully subject to its jurisdiction.
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If I understood correctly a minute ago, Ms May reiterated in Q&A that ECJ will „not have jurisdiction“ in UK (albeit embedded in a less than self-explanatory analogy w EU cancelling US Privacy Shield). Also, upon Q of German Handelsblatt: Brexit will indeed happen.