Unitary Patent and UPC resources – a guide

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Unitary Patent and UPC resources – a guide

October 30 2014
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With the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court likely to launch as soon as 2016, there are many online resources providing the official documents, as well as analysis and advice. Managing IP provides a list

EU websites

Preparatory Committee

Ratifications

EU Commission - Patents

EU Commission – FAQs

Patent office microsites

EPO

UK IPO

Law firm microsites (Europe)

Allen & Overy

Bird & Bird (interactive map)

Bristows

Herbert Smith

Hogan Lovells

Keltie/K2 (IP Copy blog)

Lavoix (UPC blog)

Véron & Associés

Law firm microsites (international)

Fish & Richardson

Ropes & Gray

Wikipedia

Unitary Patent

Unified Patent Court


Are there any other pages we should include? Please let us know by email or in the comments below.

Managing IP's coverage of the Unitary Patent and UPC can all be found at managingip.com/upc

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