UPC Jurisdiction - What You Need to Know

Introduction

The Unified Patent Court (‘UPC’) opened its doors for business on 1 June 2023, a date which also marked the start of the Unitary Patent.

Key to the use of the UPC, in the context of other European courts and the divisions of the UPC itself, are various kinds of jurisdictional rules.

This webinar will cover those features of jurisdiction relevant to the UPC divisions and the place of the UPC in Europe more widely.

What You Will Learn

This short webinar will cover the following:

• The context of the UPC in the European patent system - European Patent Office proceedings and the Court of Justice of the European Union
• What UPC decisions say about parallel proceedings between the UPC and the national courts
• The internal jurisdictional rules of the UPC divisions and how they have been used, including the bifurcation cases
• The 'long-arm' jurisdiction of the UPC in Europe

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Friday 11th July 2025

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