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No. 7 of 2024Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024
Public bill · Government · Presented
Amends the Constitution so Ireland can join the Unified Patent Court agreement, a system for handling certain patent disputes more consistently across participating countries. It would let the State ratify the agreement and give legal effect in Ireland to laws and decisions needed under it. This matters because it would tie Ireland into a shared European patent system, which could make patent enforcement more straightforward for businesses and inventors.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution.
Last updated 20 February 2025
Sponsor
- Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Primary
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Debates
- An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Daichead ar an mBunreacht (An Comhaontú maidir le Cúirt Aontaithe um Paitinní), 2024: An Dara Céim Seanad
- Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024: Second Stage Seanad
- An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Daichead ar an mBunreacht (An Comhaontú maidir le Cúirt Aontaithe um Paitinní), 2024: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha Dáil
- Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages Dáil
- An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Daichead ar an mBunreacht (An Comhaontú maidir le Cúirt Aontaithe um Paitinní), 2024: An Dara Céim Dáil
- Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024: Second Stage Dáil