Es besteht eine kleine Chance, dass bei stark europafreundlichem Ausgang der Parlamentswahl UK doch noch ratifiziert. Aber ich gehe davon aus, dass das Projekt Jahre lang auf Eis liegen wird. Jetzt ein neues Abkommen aufzulegen wird fast unmöglich. Da leiert irgendjemand irgendwo sicher einen Volksentscheid dagegen an.
Vor 2020, vielleicht 2025, kommt das nicht mehr. Das Geschwafel der Chairmen ist Pfeifen im Walde.
Die Meinung vom CIPA:
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3. What will be the effect on the planned Unitary Patent system?
Legal mechanisms have been proposed which would enable the UK still to participate in the Unitary Patent and the associated Unified Patent Court, even after Brexit. There would be clear benefits both to the UK and to the unitary system as a whole, but it would require political will on all sides to amend the current legal arrangements.
If this is not forthcoming, then when unitary patents become available (as an option when a regular European patent application is granted), they will provide cover only in EU countries. So they would not provide cover in the UK after Brexit. However, as with other non-EU countries, it will continue to be possible to obtain national UK protection via the EPO route, exactly as at present.
It was previously thought that the unitary patent system would start in mid-2017, along with the Unified Patent Court, but the Brexit vote has cast some doubt on that timetable.
4. What will be the effect on the planned Unified Patent Court (and its proposed seat in London)?
See above for the possibility that the UK might still participate in the UPC, with a seat in London, if the political will exists.
Otherwise, as the UPC agreement currently stands, the UK must ratify it before the UPC can commence. For the UPC to go ahead without UK ratification, either the UPC agreement must be renegotiated, or UK must have actually left the EU. UPC renegotiation would take time, and there will be at least a two-year negotiation period before the UK actually leaves the EU, probably longer. Delay would be inevitable.
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http://www.cipa.org.uk/policy-and-news/brexit-updates/brexit-faq/
Die Frage ist hier natürlich, welche "Legal mechanisms" gemeint sind und ob "political will exists".