European Patent with unitary effect is expected to start April 1, 2023, Sunrise Period to start January 1, 2023

The Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) has announced an update of the implementation roadmap prepared by the UPC Preparatory team in October 2022. This Roadmap depicts all the key activities and milestones of the UPC in the coming months.

Among other key activities, they also announced the entry into force of the UPC Agreement, which is currently planned for 1 April 2023. The related start of the Sunrise period, upon which Opt-out declarations for example may be filed with the UPC, is expected to be January 1, 2023.

The updated Roadmap can be downloaded from the Website of the UPC:

https://www.unified-patent-court.org/sites/default/files/upc_-_exco_-_upc_external_roadmap-v0.9_edit.pdf

 

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