{"id":26190,"date":"2024-06-11T07:39:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T07:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regimbeau.eu\/?post_type=insight&#038;p=26190"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:35:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:35:57","slug":"romania-to-join-unitary-patent-and-upc-on-september-1-2024","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/regimbeau.eu\/en\/insight\/romania-to-join-unitary-patent-and-upc-on-september-1-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania to join unitary patent and UPC on September 1, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To enable applicants to benefit from this extension of territorial scope as of now, the EPO accepts, on request, to delay the registration of unitary effect to a later date than September 1, 2024. This request for delay must be filed with the request for unitary effect, no later than one month after grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"982\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/regimbeau.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Carte-JUB-Romania-joins-V2-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regimbeau.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Carte-JUB-Romania-joins-V2-1.png 982w, https:\/\/regimbeau.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Carte-JUB-Romania-joins-V2-1-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/regimbeau.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Carte-JUB-Romania-joins-V2-1-768x569.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Romania will join the current 17 Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Sweden.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two generations of patents with unitary effect will therefore coexist:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the first generation, covering 17 countries, when unitary effect has been registered between June 1, 2023 and August 31, 2024;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the second generation, covering 18 States, when the unitary effect has been registered from September 1, 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This factor should particularly be taken into account in your freedom-to-operate studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regimbeau's teams are at your disposal to advise you on your strategic challenges in Romania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To enable applicants to benefit from this extension of territorial scope as of now, the EPO accepts, on request, to delay the registration of unitary effect to a later date...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[610],"class_list":["post-26190","insight","type-insight","status-publish","hentry","tag-unitary-patent-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Romania to join unitary patent and UPC on September 1, 2024 - Regimbeau<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On September 1, 2024, the unitary effect will apply in an additional state: Romania. 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