UK Government takes steps to ratify UPC Agreement

United Kingdom

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The UK Government sought views on the legislative changes required in the UK to implement the UPC Agreement and comply with the Unitary Patent Regulation. It has now published a reportThe Government intends to bring forward legislation to implement the UPC Agreement in January 2016 analysing the responses to that consultation and outlining the Government’s intended direction. “.”