Revocation and bifurcation: what you should know about the UPC

The preparatory committee of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has published location details of its four local divisions in Germany as well as the Munich branch of the central division. One of the German local divisions is also in Munich but will be in a different building from the central division and in a different part of the city. While there is no reason for the local division and the regional division to be physically separate in this way, it is a reminder that these divisions of the UPC have slightly different roles. This is the result of the different jurisdictional rules that apply to infringement and revocation actions.