The Unitary Patent Package – A System to Support SMEs?
A Synoptic View
- Keywords: Unified Patent Court, UPC, Unitary Patent, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs, Startups, European Patent Office, EPO
Abstract
The Unitary Patent Package, including the unitary patent and the Unified Patent Court, will become effective this year. One of the purposes of the new system is making patent protection in the European Union administratively simpler and more cost-effective. In particular,…[…]