Unified patent court taking shape

The selection of judges for the future unified patent court (UPC) is on track, according to Paul van Beukering, chair of the preparatory committee in charge of setting up the new court that will hear cases pertaining to the unitary patent and the existing European patent. With 1,100 candidates, "there are more eligible candidates than necessary," he said at the IP summit, on 4 December in Brussels, organised by Premier cercle (with Europolitics as a media partner). Among the judges,…