Preparing for the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court: What to Consider Before Opting Out or Opting to Stay In
Written By
Katharine Stephens
Partner
UK
I am fascinated by IP and the challenge of helping my clients protect, exploit and defend their IP rights to further their business objectives.
Before the new Unitary Patent Package comes into force, patent owners will have to take two key decisions: what strategy to adopt for the management of their portfolio to take account of the new Unitary patent; and secondly, whether to opt some or all of their existing European patents out of the jurisdiction of the new Unified Patent Court.
