@article{41770,
      author = {Callens, Pieter.,},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/41770},
      title = {The Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court.},
      abstract = {This book discusses the legal texts regarding the unitary  patent and the Unified Patent Court (UPC). In 2013,  twenty-five Member States of the European Union decided to  take European patenting and patent enforcement to the next  level. They agreed on a common patent title and a common  patent court, i.e., the new unitary patent and the UPC.  However, the implementation phase of the new patent package  was a bumpy ride. Non-participating member states attacked  the legal texts before the European Court of Justice, the  Rules of Procedure of the UPC were subject to extensive  debates, the Brexit referendum slowed down the ratification  process, etc. Nevertheless, the unitary patent package  survived. The exact date when the UPC will open its doors  and the first unitary patent will be registered is still  unclear. But observers agree that both projects will most  likely become operational in 2018. From that moment on,  companies, research institutions and individuals will be  able to obtain not only a patent title with immediate  effect in twenty-five EU Member States but also a court  decision on, for example, infringement or validity of a  European or Unitary Patent with effect in the participating  Member States.-- Source other than Library of Congress.},
      recid = {41770},
      pages = {xxii, 389 pages :},
}