http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/05/unified-patent-court-milan-will-be.html
On 16 May 2023, the Presidium of the Unified Patent Court issued its decision that, as from 1 June 2023:
- actions pending before the central division related to patents in IPC section (A) “human necessities” shall be assigned to the seat in Paris
- actions related to patents in IPC section (C) “chemistry” and “metallurgy” shall be assigned to the section in Munich.
All this followed the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Agreement.
The decision was issued on a provisional basis, lacking any final decision on the creation of another section of the central division.
Yesterday, the Italian Foreign Office published a press release announcing that Italy, France and Germany have reached an agreement on the Milan seat. The agreement will be formally approved at the next meeting of the Administrative Committee of the Unified Patent Court. The seat will not enter into force on 1st June 2023 and competences are yet to be known.
This said, informal talks suggest that the Milan seat may start its operations on 1st June 2024. The IPKat will provide an update as soon as it is available.
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