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Mrz 23, 2023 (Newsletter Issue 4/23)
EUIPO
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Germany Ratified Agreement on UPC


On 17 February 2023, Germany deposited its instrument of ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPC). With this deposition, Germany enabled the Agreement's entry into force.

The Sunrise Period for the UPC will start on 1 March 2023. On 1 June 2023, the Unified Patent Court will take up its work and decide with direct effect on patent disputes of an initial 17 states such as Germany, France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Sweden, Slovenia.

Source: www.epo.org