Image: Tom Woodward [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Flickr
National parliament must now make second attempt to ratify court legislation, further delaying European patent
A decision by Germany’s highest constitutional court has further delayed the creation of a European Unified Patent Court, and some experts think the attempt to create a pan-European patent system could now fail altogether.
The court ruled on 20 March that a 2019 German parliamentary vote to join the planned UPC was void because it did not pass with a sufficient majority.
This article is only available to *Research Professional subscribers. If you are a subscriber you can read the article in full on researchprofessional.com