The Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (UK)—together with the Minister of State for Energy and Intellectual Property and Prime Minister May—issued a press release on Nov. 28 confirming that the country will ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) in the coming months. As a result, it appears that—despite the Brexit vote—the European Unified Patent Court (UPC) and European Unitary Patent will be available to patent stakeholders in 2017.