Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court

Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court The Unitary Patent allows a European patent to have uniform effect across the Member States participating in the Unitary Patent system. As of today, this protection covers 18 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, and Sweden. …

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Moldova joins the European patent

Accession of the Republic of Moldova the European Patent Convention            On March 2026, the Republic of Moldova officially deposited its instrument of accession to the European Patent Convention (EPC). This accession will take effect on 1 June 2026. All European patent applications filed on or after June 1, 2026, will automatically include the designation …

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