The UPC Agreement: is it compatible with the German constitution?

PatLit has received news of a new article by Ingve Stjerna (Rechtsanwalt and Certified Specialist for Intellectual Property Law, Düsseldorf), which has very recently gone “live”. This piece, “Unitary patent“ and court system – Compatible with Constitutional Law?", can be read in English here and in German here. Explains Ingve:

"The paper mainly addresses the question of whether a ratification of the UPC Agreement would be compatible with the German constitution and describes the special procedural redress in place under German law in relation to the ratification of an international Agreement (in principle, each [natural or legal] person affected can take recourse to the Federal Constitutional Court and request an assessment of its compatibility with fundamental rights).

I am also offering a theory what may be the reason for the recent delay of the Advocate General’s Statement of Position in CJEU proceedings C-146/13 and C-147/13".

PatLit thanks Ingve for his continuing contributions to the discussion of the UPC and for his willingness to investigate issues that many people seem comfortable to ignore.