UK IPO study on patent litigation – UPC implications
UK IPO study on patent litigation – UPC implications
20 March 2015
As part of its UPC studies, the UK IPO has published a study
here on the volume of patent litigation in the English courts. It notes that
“UK businesses face a difficult decision: should they or should they not seek to obtain UP protection? Finding the right answer to this question is important because if UK businesses and inventors choose to obtain UPs – rather than GBs or the traditional EPs – then they will not be able to undertake litigation at national venues...” The report concludes that:
“ ... in the coming years patentees may decide to maintain a spread of different types of patents – GB, EP and UP – a decision that would leave multiple potential litigation venues open...”
And as the report itself concludes, it:
“makes a useful contribution to current discussions concerning patent litigation within the UK and the wider EU”.
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