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German Constitutional Court deals blow to Unified Patent Court

On Friday 20 March 2020 the German Federal Constitutional Court dealt a blow to the Unified Patent Court (UPC), issuing a decision to uphold a constitutional complaint lodged against the German ratification of the UPC agreement.The complainant (a German patent attorney), had argued that the ratification of the UPC agreement was contrary to the Germ...

Tuesday, 24 March 2020

COVID-19 Contingency Plans

Dear Clients, Colleagues and Associates. We wish you the very best over this period and that you stay healthy and safe.While the UK government has so far not imposed a lock down across the United Kingdom, we have put in place all the necessary measures to run Williams Powell from a virtual office with full and uninterrupted access to all our office...

Monday, 16 March 2020

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