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Ever since coming into operation, there has been a tendency on the part of the Unified Patent Court to extend its jurisdiction to include patents that produce effects in States that are not party to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (the \u2018UPC Agreement\u2019 or \u2018Agreement\u2019), as is the case of the Kingdom of Spain. This phenomenon is known in specialised circles as the court’s \u2018long arm\u2019. However, although in certain cases the Unified Patent Court (the \u2018UPC\u2019 or \u2018Court\u2019) does indeed have such jurisdiction, this is only possible within strict limits, limits that do not seem to be taken into consideration in a consistent manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ever since coming into operation, there has been a tendency on the part of the Unified Patent Court to extend its jurisdiction to include patents that produce effects in States that are not party to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (the \u2018UPC Agreement\u2019 or \u2018Agreement\u2019), as is the case of the Kingdom of Spain. This phenomenon is known in specialised circles as the court’s \u2018long arm\u2019. However, although in certain cases the Unified Patent Court (the \u2018UPC\u2019 or \u2018Court\u2019) does indeed have such jurisdiction, this is only possible within strict limits, limits that do not seem to be taken into consideration in a consistent manner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":322569,"template":"","publicacion_categoria":[126],"class_list":["post-351780","publicacion","type-publicacion","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","publicacion_categoria-analysis-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLimits of the Unified Patent Court's long arm with regard to Spain (I): international jurisdiction - Despacho de abogados G\u00f3mez-Acebo y Pombo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ever since coming into operation, there has been a tendency on the part of the Unified Patent Court to extend its jurisdiction to include patents that produce effects in States that are not party to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (the \u2018UPC Agreement\u2019 or \u2018Agreement\u2019), as is the case of the Kingdom of Spain. 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