Breaking news – the Unified Patent Court opens its doors

The UPC Preparatory team?announced? that the Unified Patent Court will open its doors on 01.04.2023. From that date, the Court will start to receive new cases.

As it is well-known the Unified Patent Court will supplement and strengthen the existing centralized European patent granting system. The idea behind the implementation of this new cross-EU court is to save money and time for patent owners when they try to enforce their rights in the EU. So far this was a challenge because patent enforcement has happened only on a national level in every single EU Member State. With the new supranational court, the EU tries to become more competitive for innovation owners and investors from around the world.