The EPLAW again organized the yearly European Judges’ Forum at the Venice International University on the Island San Servolo. Robert Schnekenbühl was invited as an observer of EPLAW to participate.
With the British not being ready to leave the EU, the UPC is still on hold. After the British will have left the EU, the German government indicated to reevaluate the UPC on the European level. Thus, at the moment everybody is waiting for the British to leave …
The idea of a European patent law has been discussed since the 1950s.Three times, the European member states signed a treaty and three times they failed in the ratification phase. With the blockade of the British refusing to leave the EU the UPC again faces failure – but there is hope that a future generation of Europeans will get over the confusion caused by national interests and find a European way – with this generation there will also be a European patent law …