Provisional application of the UPCA to start in Europe

Austria ratified the Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application (PAP-Protocol) on December 2, 2021, becoming the pivotal 13th European Union (EU) member approving PAP-Protocol. Following the next day of deposit of its ratification instrument by Austria, the Provisional Application Period (PAP) officially came into force on January 19, 2022. …

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