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On 26 November 2020 the German Parliament (Bundestag) passed the bill required for German ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) with 570 votes in favour...
On 26 November 2020 the German Parliament (Bundestag)
passed the bill required for German ratification of the
Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) with 570 votes in favour,
easily achieving the two-thirds majority of the 709 Bundestag
members
mandated by the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC).
The bill must now be approved by the Federal Council (Budesrat)
before signature by the German Government and the Federal
President.
There is a possibility of a further complaint to the German
Federal Constitutional Court (FCC). If such a complaint is
received, the FCC could
again ask the Federal President not to ratify the UPCA and
so delay German ratification.
Assuming that Germany is able to complete the ratification
process, in order for the Protocol on Provisional Application (PPA)
to start (which is necessary to implement the UPCA), two more
countries are required to ratify the PPA.
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