European Patent with Unitary Effect (Regulation)

Dr. Matthias Kullas

The Commission proposes two Regulations regarding the introduction of a unitary patent protection in 25 Member States. Italy and Spain will not be participating in this enhanced cooperation. The Patent Regulation provides for the possibility of granting unitary patent protection to the European patent, which consists of a “bundle” of various national patents, in 25 Member States. The Translation Requirements Regulation contains translation requirements for the EU Patent with unitary effect.

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Unitary patent protection in EU-25 increases legal certainty and promotes the spread of knowledge. Thus competition in innovation is increased. The high costs for EU patent protection which are mainly due to high translation and administrative costs can be reduced to 20%. Thus patent protection becomes more easily available for companies, in particular for SMEs.

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European Patent with Unitary Effect COM(2011) 215 (publ. 07.01.2014)	PDF	232 KB	Download