Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic

07/01/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/01/2024 03:41

Minister Antonio Tajani participates in the inauguration of the Unified Patent Court seat

The Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, the Italian Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, and the Italian Deputy Minister of Business and Made in Italy, Valentino Valentini, inaugurate the seat of the Milan Central Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), together with the President of the Court of Appeal and chairperson of the Presidium of the Unified Patent Court, Klaus Grabinski.

The opening session, moderated by Marina Tavassi, Coordinator of the Technical Committee for the Milan Unified Patent Court, will be attended by Ministers Tajani and Nordio and Deputy Minister Valentini. Greetings will also be given by the President of the Milan's Court of Appeal, Giuseppe Ondei, the President of the Milan Bar Association, Antonino La Lumia, the President of the Milan Court of Justice, Fabio Roia, the Mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Milan-Monza-Brianza-Lodi and Confcommercio Milano, Carlo Sangalli, the President of the Order of Italian Industrial Property Consultants, Anna Maria Bardone, and the President of Assolombarda, Alessandro Spada, as well as the President of the Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontana.

At the end of the institutional session the Inauguration Ceremony of the Milan Central Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) will be held at the building in Via San Barnaba 50, in the presence of the Authorities involved.