In Ireland, constitutional referendum to participate in unified patent court to take place in June 2024

The Government is to hold a constitutional referendum in June on Ireland’s participation in the Unified Patent Court. [...] The Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA), providing for the setting up of an international court between contracting states, was signed in February 2013 by 25 EU member states – including Ireland. An amendment to article 29 of the Constitution to add the UPC agreement as an international agreement is needed before Ireland can join the UPC, as it involves a transfer of jurisdiction in patent litigation from the Irish courts to an international court. The bill proposes to insert a new sub-section 11 in section 4 of article 29, providing that the State may ratify the 2013 agreement.
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