Draft Regulations Drawn Up For Unitary Patent Protection

Draft regulations relating to unitary patents were published recently. As the implementing body, the European Patent Office is responsible for registering unitary patents, based on these (draft) regulations. This concerns further elaboration of the EU directives which were accepted in the spring of 2013 and represents another step towards a European patent with unitary effect.

The regulations will be amended on the basis of suggestions made by the Member States. These amended regulations will be discussed in the Select Committee of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Office on 18 September 2013. This Select Committee represents the Member States which are taking part in unitary patent protection.