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The European network of UPC Lawyers and patent Attorneys

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ABOUT US

Uniting Europe's best talents in Intellectual Property

The UPCLA network, created in 2014, is a non-exclusive network of law firms and European patent attorneys, all recognized for the excellence of their intellectual property practice by international rankings. The purpose of the UPCLA network is to plan and coordinate panEuropean patent litigation (as well as in the whole field of intellectual property in general), pending the advent of the Unified Patent Jurisdiction.

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Law firms & European patent attorneys

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European states represented

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Lawyers and patent attorneys

About The Unified Patent Court

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is a court common to the Contracting Member States and thus part of their judicial system. A Contracting Member State is an EU Member State having ratified the UPC Agreement. The UPC will have exclusive competence in the Contracting Member States in respect of European patents and European patents with unitary effect (Unitary Patents).

OUR APPROACH

4 reasons to choose the UPCLA network

⁰¹ Proficiency

The UPCLA is a European network gathering:

At least one Lawyer (litigator) and at least one European
Patent Attorney by local/regional division
Reputed for his patent practice (in international rankings)
Covering all technical fields

⁰² Simplicity & Flexibilit

A single point of contact:

The member who is in contact with the client or the foreign
associate is the coordinator for the case
Reduced administrative burden for the client or foreign
associate
Local members able to represent or provide advice before
their local Division (for forum shopping consultation, case
management hearings, enforcement…)