\nOn 22 and 23 February, the Unified
\nPatent Court (UPC) held its inaugural meetings of the Administrative and Budget
\nCommittees. Delegates from contracting member states joined the hybrid event in
\nLuxembourg at the seat of the Court of Appeal and the Registry, with the EPO
\nparticipating as observer. The inaugural meetings follow the UPC’s Protocol on
\nProvisional Application entering into force and establishing the UPC as an
\ninternational organisation.\n<\/p>\n
\nDuring the meeting, the Administrative
\nCommittee adopted several secondary Rules and Regulations which will be vital
\nfor the functioning of the UPC. These included its Rules of Procedure, Rules on
\nthe European Patent Litigation Certificate, Service Regulations for the UPC
\njudges and its administrative staff, and Financial Regulations. The Budget
\nCommittee on the other hand adopted the budget for
\nthe period of provisional application of the UPC Agreement. The contracting member states also elected Alexander Ramsay
\n(SE), current chair of the Preparatory Committee, as the Administrative
\nCommittee chair and Johannes Karcher (DE) as the deputy chair, as well as Bruno Leboullenger (FR) as chair and Theis B\u00f8dker Jensen
\n(DK) as the deputy chair of the Budget Committee.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe new chairs and several
\ndelegations acknowledged the historical significance of these inaugural
\nmeetings and reiterated that the UPC project has now entered its final
\npreparatory phase.\n<\/p>\n
\nFollowing the events, the EPO
\nPresident Ant\u00f3nio Campinos expressed his optimism: „The EPO very much welcomes
\nthis step towards delivering the Unitary Patent Package. The Unitary Patent and
\nUPC will be the most important reforms of the European patent system since the signing
\nof the European Patent Convention.“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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