Since the dismissal by the Court of Justice of the European
Union of Spain's actions on 5 May 2015 a number of positive
decisions are coming from the unitary patent / UPC scene:
1) By the end of May, Italy had announced to be willing to
become a "unitary patent member state". Last week the
Italian government formalized its intention by means of an official
request to the European Commission to join the enhanced cooperation
regarding the unitary patent. This means that the Unitary Patent
club will have 26 member states by (the latest) November 2015.
2) A second major breakthrough came from the side of the Select
Committee of the Administrative Council of the EPO. This committee
is to determine the level of renewal fees for the Unitary Patent.
After hard negotiations, the committee agreed to the European
Patent Office's "True Top 4″ proposal. This means
that in the future a patentee will be able to receive a Unitary
Patent protection in 26 European countries
