28 June 2022PatentsStéphane Speich, Dr. Massimo Galluppi and Dr. Mathieu Buchkremer
Opt-out strategies and the UPC
After many years of effort, the project of a patent with unitary effect across the European Union (EU) will soon become a reality, binding all participating states together in a single international jurisdiction: that of the Unified Patent Court (UPC).
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