First regional division of unitary patent

A first regional division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is starting to take shape. On 4 March, Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia signed an agreement to create such a court, which would complete the future judicial system for the upcoming European unitary patent. ?I'm very pleased to see those countries taking the lead in setting up local and regional divisions of the court,? said Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier. ?The creation of a regional division will allow resources to…