9 March 2018Patents

German parliament to discuss far-right UPC repeal request

Far-right German political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) has called for the re-debate and repeal of the laws enabling Germany to ratify the Unified Patent Court (UPC), a motion which is scheduled to be discussed at the Bundestag on March 15.

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