Confirmed Start Date for the Unified Patent Court and the Unitary Patent – It’s Actually Going to Happen
February 17, 2023
Authored and Edited by Maeve O'Flynn; Yelena Morozova
The Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has been ratified by Germany today - https://www.unified-patent-court.org/en/news/upc-agreement-ratification-breaking-news.
This confirms that the Unified Patent Court will open from 1 June 2023. Unitary patents, covering the European territories of all the contracting Member States that have ratified the Agreement, will also be available from 1 June 2023.
The sunrise period, during which patent owners can opt-out their European patents from the jurisdiction of the UPC, will begin on 1 March 2023.
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