By Kluwer UPC News blogger, Kluwer Patent Blog
“The possibility to bifurcate proceedings is a concern to many potential users of the future Unified Patent Court (UPC). Proceedings in Germany, in which infringement decisions may be rendered long before a judgment is given on the validity of a patent, serve as an alarming example. Moreover, bifurcation is said to be attractive to patent trolls. However, Dr. Matthias Zigann, presiding judge of a patent division of the Munich Regional Court I, explains that the Rules of Procedure (RoP) at the UPC are very different from German law. At the Unitary Patent Package Congress in Amsterdam last week, he told Kluwer IP Law that he expects bifurcation to happen rarely (…)