The Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) are new building blocks that will supplement and strengthen the existing centralized European patent granting and enforcement system. In short, ...

In today’s global market, international patent protection can be crucial, and for many inventions Europe is an important region where patents are needed. According to the present system, considerable ...

In-house counsel say they want more information on the Unitary Patent and UPC. Here’s some of our recent coverage – and a glimpse at what we have planned Last week, we launched a survey on attitudes ...

A vote by MEPs yesterday in favour of the unitary patent means that IP owners planning their patent filing strategies could soon have a new way of protecting their rights in Europe At the moment, ...

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On Thursday, August 29, Romania joined the Unitary Patent system, becoming the 18 th country to join the European patent system. “The accession of Romania clearly demonstrates the relevance of the ...

“Germany so far is the originating country with the most Unitary Patent requests (1,004), followed by the United States (704). The European Patent Office (EPO) today launched a dashboard on Unitary ...

In a meeting at Poland’s Presidential Palace on January 23, the Polish government decided to not to sign the Unitary Patent (UP) agreement until it has observed how the system is implemented in other ...