The IP landscape in Italy continues to be lively, with talk of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), which is set to start accepting cases from 1 June 2023. With the third seat of the central division still up for grabs, practitioners are eagerly awaiting the outcome of debates. Discussions on...

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The IP landscape in Italy continues to be lively, with talk of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), which is set to start accepting cases from 1 June 2023. With the third seat of the central division still up for grabs, practitioners are eagerly awaiting the outcome of debates. Discussions on whether that seat will go to likely frontrunner Milan has been dependent on the outcome of talks among France, Germany and Italy – which have been focused on the redistribution of patent dispute subjects that were previously allocated to the London seat. In the meantime, practitioners on both sides of the contentious/non-contentious divide continue to strengthen their capabilities and teams in anticipation of what comes next.

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