Proposed Unified Patent Litigation System for Europe | Practical Law
There have been several attempts to develop a unified patent system for Europe, and a new proposal, termed the Unified Patent Litigation System (UPLS) by the European Commission, is now on the table. This chapter examines problems with the current system, the historical background to patent harmonisation in Europe, the current system and lessons to be learnt from it, and the proposed UPLS for Europe.