The UPC promises a merits decision in ~12–14 months. Our data puts the real median near 13.7 — but preliminary injunctions land in weeks and divisions diverge. The benchmarks.
The UPC CMS relaunched on 8 July 2025 with EPO help. What changed for registry access, decisions and pleadings — and the analytics gap that still remains.
More than 500,000 European patents are opted out of the UPC. Inside the Article 83 mechanics, the lock-in risk, and the calculus before the 2030 sunset.
How does the UPC work? A litigator's guide to its divisions, the front-loaded ~12–14 month timeline, bifurcation, languages, opt-out and the pan-European injunction.