In Europe, the patent system is changing and will offer to companies a new patent protection and a new patent court. It should start in April 2023, with a sunrise period starting in January 2023.

The classic European patent (which, after grant, splits into a bundle of national patents) will remain, and a new industrial property title is created with the European patent with a unitary effect (unitary patent).

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