{"id":25906,"date":"2024-01-24T15:12:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T15:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/?p=25906"},"modified":"2024-01-24T15:40:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T15:40:09","slug":"irlanda-nel-2024-referendum-sullentrata-nel-tribunale-unificato-dei-brevetti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/en\/flash-news\/ireland-to-hold-referendum-on-joining-the-unified-patent-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland to hold referendum on joining the Unified Patent Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"alignright wp-image-3863 size-full\" title=\"Ireland Unified Patent Court\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Justice.jpg\" alt=\"Ireland Unified Patent Court\" width=\"424\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Justice.jpg 424w, https:\/\/www.sib.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Justice-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/>On 23 January 2024 the Irish government <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.gov.ie\/en\/news-and-events\/department-news\/2024\/january\/referendum-on-unified-patent-court-announced-by-government.html#:~:text=The%20Government%20has%20today%20(23rd,the%20European%20and%20local%20elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approved a proposal<\/a> to hold a constitutional referendum on Ireland\u2019s participation in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/en\/enforcement\/upc-unified-patent-court-hub\/what-is-the-unified-patent-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unified Patent Court<\/a> (UPC) in June 2024, alongside European Union and local elections.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland\u2019s participation in the UPC requires amending the constitution to allow the transfer of judicial competence from the Irish national courts to the new international patent court, therefore the government has also approved the priority drafting of a bill regarding the necessary constitutional amendment; a general scheme for the bill, already published by the Irish Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, will need to be approved by the Irish parliament before the referendum takes place.<\/p>\n<p>The Unified Patent Court and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/en\/patents\/inventions-insights\/patents\/unitary-patents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unitary patent<\/a> began operations on 1 June 2023 with the 17 states actually on board: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>Seven more states (Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Romania and Slovakia) are to join as they complete the necessary legislative steps.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Further information<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Do you have questions about the Unified Patent Court?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/en\/contacts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us<\/a>, we are happy to help.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Related content<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/en\/patents\/inventions-insights\/patents\/unitary-patents\/\">Unitary patents<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/en\/enforcement\/upc-unified-patent-court-hub\/what-is-the-unified-patent-court\/\">Unified Patent Court hub<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/en\/enforcement\/upc-unified-patent-court-hub\/upc-team\/\">Unified Patent Court team<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flash news &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/en\/flash-news\/elisabetta-papa-contributes-to-the-epos-litigation-matters-on-the-unitary-patent-and-upc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elisabetta Papa contributes to the EPO\u2019s Litigation Matters on the Unitary patent and UPC<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 23 January 2024 the Irish government approved a proposal to hold a constitutional referendum on Ireland\u2019s participation in the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in June 2024, alongside European Union and local elections. 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