The long-awaited Unified Patent Court (the UPC), which will provide a new forum for patent litigation in 24 EU countries, is finally getting ready to open its doors.

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During 2021, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) published a report entitled “Insight into railway innovation through patenting trends” in which patenting trends in the railway sector within the European Union, as well as globally, were reviewed and analysed.

This articles provides a brief summary of the findings with some areas of particular interest.