15 November 2013Europe

CIPA Life Sciences: an update on the UPC

Kevin Mooney, chairman of the drafting committee for the Unified Patent Court (UPC)’s rules of procedure, explained the current state of play to the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) Life Sciences conference.

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