19 January 2022
January 19, 2022 – The Unified Patent Court enters partially into force
The Protocol on provisional application of the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPC) entered into force on January 19, 2022 following ratification by Austria, the last country expected to do so.
The immediate consequence is the entry into force of a significant part of the UPC Agreement: almost one third of the Agreement and three quarters of the UPC Statute are now (...)