European Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court (UPC)
A new international jurisdiction common to the signatory States and complementary to the European patent system, with unitary effect.
Structure of the UPC
The UPC consists of a court of first instance, a court of appeal, and a registry, together with an arbitration and mediation centre.

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How does this change your IP rights?
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The UPC has exclusive and automatic jurisdiction over patent infringement and invalidity (stay-in).
However, during a transitional period of 7 years, which may be extended, holders of (non-unitary) European patents will be able to opt out from it, unless litigation before the UPC has already been initiated.
During this period:
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