CCI France Suisse represents the event on the French market to exhibitors and can be contacted for more information and registration.

In 2023, the exhibition expects more than 800 exhibitors from 45 countries (companies, private inventors, universities, associations…), who will present their inventions and new products to more than 30’000 visitors.

What is the composition of the Unified Patent Court Presidium? Who are the judges appointed?

On October 19, the UPC announced the list of the 85 judges appointed and the persons called to the Presidency of the Court. The Presidency of the Court of First Instance (central division based in PARIS) will be held by Ms. Florence Butin (FR), currently Vice-President of the Paris Judicial Court.

The multinational panel of UPC judges has been also unveiled! It will be composed of several French judges, divided between the different divisions of the UPC. There will be both legally qualified judges and technically qualified judges. Indeed, this panel is made up in majority of technically specialized experts (51/85) in the fields of biotechnology, physics, mechanical engineering, chemistry, pharmaceuticals, electricity… This composition is a strong advantage in terms of quality of the decisions expected from the UPC on the future European patent litigations cases.

To know more about the UPC, contact your Hautier IP Patent attorney.

As of 07 December 2021, the Industrial Property Office of Monaco (MCIPO) has made its designs available to the DESIGNview search tools !

Article continuously updated

Update – 04/05/2020

As public life remained disrupted due to the COVID-19 situation, the EPO took steps to protect the rights of users. All deadlines whose expiration date is March 15, 2020 or a later date are extended again, until June 2, 2020.

Update – 30/04/2020

EUIPO continues to take into consideration the exceptional situation due to COVID-19 and extends all expiring periods between May 1, 2020 and May 17, 2020 until May 18, 2020.

Update – 17/04/2020

Due to the disruptions caused by the Covid-19 the European Patent Office has published a notice informing the users that all time limits expiring on or after 15 March 2020 are further extended until 4 May 2020.

More information at https://www.epo.org/news-issues/covid-19.html

Update – 26/03/2020
The French Government has issued a decree on March 25, 2020, which leads to a postponement of deadlines set by the French IP law and the Patent and Trademark Office (INPI) with effect for time limits from March 12, 2020.

The computation of the new deadlines will be a function of the ending date (not known yet) of the urgency period decided in view of the Covid-19, and depends on the initial period set (one month or more) in the deadline.

However some time limits like priority dates are excluded from this exceptional time extension. Some professionals currently doubt that this decree cover patent annuity deadlines despite the information provided by the French Patent Office. That is why we recommend to observe the normal deadlines as often as possible.

Feel free to ask for a further assessment if you face a specific case.

20/02/2020
Considering the government decisions in Europe and Monaco in order to stem the spread of COVID-19, HAUTIER IP has implemented the necessary measures for the security of its team and the continuity of its services.

The use of telework will allow our team to ensure the continuation of its activity in the best possible conditions and to remain at your disposal for the follow-up of your files.

Postal services are very disrupted and due to the deployment of telework within our teams, we thank you to send us:

In the event of confinement, if your instructions or checks or facsimile are sent by post, we cannot guarantee that they will be processed within our usual deadlines.

In addition, our office does not welcome any visitors from March 16.

Obviously, our internal procedures are likely to be updated according to the evolution of government announcements and we will not fail to keep you informed in real time.

Our entire team thanks you for your understanding and stays at your disposal for any further information.

After the Brexit which delayed the entry into force of the Agreement on the Unified Jurisdiction in Patent (UPC Agreement), it is the turn of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany to throw its stone in the water!

The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany has just rendered its decision following a complaint before it on the constitutional nature or not of the ratification:

On February 13, 2020, the Federal Constitutional Court decided that the complaint was admissible and well-founded, insofar as the requirement of a qualified majority had not been met under the German Constitution. The provisions authorizing the entry into force of the UPC Agreement had been adopted without the required consent of two-thirds of the members of the Bundestag.

There is no doubt that to advance this ambitious project of the unified patent, its defenders will again have to row hard in this tumultuous water.

Learn more : https://patentepi.org/en/epi/news/f3077679-821d-4515-b8d3-f30e7b3e6b9d