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Breaking News! Germany Has Ratified The Agreement On A Unified Patent Court
03 March 2023
Barzano & Zanardo
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After a long wait, at last Germany has ratified the Agreement on
a Unified Patent Court, which officially starts the countdown to
the entry into force, on the 1st of June 2023, of the Unified
Patent Court (UPC) and of the European Patent having unitary
effect.
On the 1st of March, the so-called
“sunrise” period will start.
From such date the owners of European patent applications, granted
European patents, and related SPCs, will be able to choose not to
avail themselves of the Unified Court in litigation, by way of
the so-called “opt-out”
procedure
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