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UK formally abandons Europe’s Unified Patent Court, Germany plans to move forward nevertheless

H in The Hague

" ...leaking details of those applications to their cronies in big business, thus allowing the bigger company to "publish first" and claim the Patent"

Could you explain that a bit more? Perhaps give an example? In my limited knowledge of European patents it's all about the priority date, which you establish by filing for a patent. Don't think that's got anything to do with the publication date.

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