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The Unitary patent package

Twenty-five member states of the European Union, including the Czech Republic and Slovakia recently signed an Agreement on a Unified Patent Court ("UPC"). The agreement (if ratified by the required number of participating states) together with Regulation No. 1257/2012 and Regulation No. 1260/2012 (jointly called the unitary patent package), shall enable the creation of unitary EU patent protection.

The unitary EU patent will offer those who wish to protect their inventions in Europe huge cost advantages and a significant reduction in the administrative burden. Moreover, the introduction of a UPC will eliminate the duplication of litigation cases related to patent protection by establishing unified, centralised and exclusive jurisdiction in patent-related matters.

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