In Germany today, the Federal Constitutional Court
(Bundesverfassungsgericht) has held that the statute by which the
German Parliament (Bundestag) sought to ratify the UPC Agreement (the 'Act of
Approval') is void. This means that Germany's ratification
of the UPC Agreement,
will be delayed, probably considerably, as will the introduction of
the new UPC and unitary
patent system itself.
(The UPC Agreement is
an international treaty between participating EU Member States to
establish a new court, the 'Unified Patent Court' (UPC))
for the settlement of disputes relating to European patents,
including a new type of European patent with 'unitary
effect').
What did the Federal Constitutional Court hold?
