{"id":6749,"date":"2017-08-23T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regimbeau.eliott-markus.cloud\/insight\/loffice-europeen-des-brevets-publie-le-guide-du-brevet-unitaire\/"},"modified":"2022-11-02T16:33:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T16:33:02","slug":"the-european-patent-office-has-published-the-unitary-patent-guide","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/regimbeau.eliott-markus.cloud\/en\/insight\/the-european-patent-office-has-published-the-unitary-patent-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Patent Office has Published the \u201cUnitary Patent Guide\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Paris, 21 August&nbsp;2017 -&nbsp;<\/strong>The European Patent Office (EPO)&nbsp;has published the 1<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;edition of the \"<a href=\"http:\/\/documents.epo.org\/projects\/babylon\/eponet.nsf\/0\/C3ED1E790D5E75E0C125818000325A9B\/$File\/Unitary_Patent_guide_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>Unitary Patent Guide<\/u><\/a>.\" This guide outlines the texts concerning applications for European patents with unitary effect, annual fees, entries in the Register for Unitary Patent Protection, languages and remedies in the event that the unitary effect is rejected.&nbsp;It also details the practical means by which these procedures will be handled by the EPO on the basis of the rules relating to Unitary Patent Protection (UPR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parmi ces modalit\u00e9s, nous avons particuli\u00e8rement not\u00e9 que l\u2019OEB invitera le titulaire du brevet \u00e0 prendre position au moins une fois avant de rejeter sa demande d\u2019effet unitaire lorsqu\u2019elle n\u2019a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e dans le d\u00e9lai d\u2019un mois pr\u00e9vu \u00e0 la R\u00e8gle 6(1) RPU (\u00e0 compter de la publication de la mention de la d\u00e9livrance), et ce en vertu de l\u2019Article 113(1) CBE (droit d\u2019\u00eatre entendu) applicable en vertu de la r\u00e8gle 20(1) RPU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amongst these means, is it of particular interest to note that the EPO will invite the patent holder to comment at least once before rejecting their request for unitary effect when it&nbsp;has not been submitted within the one-month time limit provided in Rule 6(1) UPR (from the publication of the mention of the grant), and under Article 113(1) EPC (right to be heard) pursuant to Rule 20(1) UPR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last January, REGIMBEAU published the book \"Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court \u2013 Europe Adopts New Tools to Promote Innovation\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book&nbsp;examines the various legal rules which will govern future Unitary Patents and the Unified Patent Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is available in French and English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>REGIMBEAU has also&nbsp;developed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unitary-patent-costs.eu\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>SIM\u2019UP, an online scenario simulation tool<\/u>&nbsp;<\/a>to aid with decision making,&nbsp;allowing businesses to perform budget simulations and compare the post grant costs of your European Patents, with or without unitary effect.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"114\" height=\"62\" src=\"https:\/\/regimbeau.eliott-markus.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2670\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tool is accessible&nbsp;free&nbsp;of charge to the address&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitary-patent-costs.eu\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>www.unitary-patent-costs.eu<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;or by scanning the QR Code<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"99\" height=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/regimbeau.eliott-markus.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2671\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris, 21 August&nbsp;2017 -&nbsp;The European Patent Office (EPO)&nbsp;has published the 1st&nbsp;edition of the \"Unitary Patent Guide.\" This guide outlines the texts concerning applications for European patents with unitary effect, annual...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[394],"class_list":["post-6749","insight","type-insight","status-publish","hentry","tag-patents-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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