UK in UPC after Brexit is “incompatible with EU principles” – Max Planck Institute

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UK in UPC after Brexit is “incompatible with EU principles” – Max Planck Institute

Patrick Wingrove
September 13 2018
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An association of German research institutes has concluded in a paper that extending unitary patent protection to the UK post-Brexit through an international convention would create a “fictitious unity” that is incompatible with EU law

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