A new ruling by the Court of Appeal (CoA) of Europe’s Unified Patent Court has introduced new possibilities for patentees who believed that the UPC was unavailable to them due to having opted out patents that were subject to national litigation before the UPC became effective on 1 June 2023.
Court Of Appeal Offers Fresh Hope For Patentees That Opted Out Of Europe’s UPC
The new court ruling could enhance the appeal of the Unified Patent Court for enforcing European patents.

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