Unified Patent Court

(asked on 11th October 2016) - View Source

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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the UK will ratify the Unified Patents Court Agreement.


Answered by
Baroness Neville-Rolfe Portrait
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 24th October 2016

The result of the referendum has given rise to a number of issues concerning the UK’s future involvement in a unified patent system. I cannot yet confirm whether the UK will ratify the agreement on a Unified Patent Court but we are actively looking at options, considering the legal and political context.

As I stated at the recent Competitiveness Council, I hope to be able to provide more information when the Council next meets at the end of November.

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