Welcome to today's IP Quick Tip about unitary patents.
According to the currently expected timeline, the first unitary
patents may be granted already by the end of this year.
But what do you need to do to get a Unitary Patent?
Well, first you need a regular European patent application at
the EPO.
Then, within one month after grant, you need to file a request
for unitary effect such that the granted patent becomes a unitary
patent that can be asserted in all member states of the unitary
patent system with a single complaint.
If you don't file this request, you will simply end up with
a classical European bundle patent that needs to be validated and
asserted in each country separately.
