Some 75 per cent of companies surveyed which hold patents in Europe predict that they will be helped by the Unified Patent Court [UPC] and the rest of the new system. Nicola Dagg, head of IT litigation at Allen & Overy, said: ‘Where companies have made up their minds, one thing that is clear is they are preparing to opt in their crown jewel patents, their most valuable ones. We see this as likely to be giving rise to a shift toward Europe and the UPC in Europe as a forum for patent disputes.’ Source: Bloomberg
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