The Protocol of Provisional Application (PPA) of the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) began on Wednesday 19 January, following the deposit of the instrument of ratification by Austria the previous day.
Austria was the first Member State to ratify the agreement, the new court said on its website. “Yesterday the loop was closed”, it said. Austria is now the thirteenth Member State to participate in the provisional application of the UPCA. “After almost 50 years of discussions, the...