UPC: speaking in tongues

The launch of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is imminent. The UK is now in a position to ratify the UPC Agreement, having earlier in March passed the legislation needed to implement the UPC and unitary patent in national law, while in February Germany started its ratification process. If the UK and Germany plus two additional countries complete ratification by the autumn then the UPC should be open for business in early 2017.