Patents: EU Action

(asked on 3rd November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the UK will participate in the European Unitary Patent and the EU Unified Patent Court after the UK leaves the EU.


This question was answered on 10th November 2017

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is an international court. It is not an EU court or an EU institution. However, all participants are currently EU Member States. Whatever the UK's future relationship with the UPC, we will need to negotiate with European partners to reflect the change to the UK's status when we leave the EU.

As the UK's future relationship with both the Unitary and UPC are subject to negotiation, it would not be appropriate to set out a position at this stage. However, the Government's efforts will be focused on securing the best deal possible in negotiations with our European partners.

The UK has one of the best IP regimes in the world, and leaving the EU will not change that: we will continue to deliver quality rights-granting services, lead the world in enforcement and engage in international IP discussions.

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