Entry into force of PPA for setting up the UPC

19.01.2022

The deposit by Austria of its instrument of ratification launched entry into force of the Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application (PPA).



The final preparations for the Unified Patent Court can now begin.

During the period of provisional application (about eight months), the technical and infrastructural preparations for the Unified Patent Court will be completed.

Once completed, Germany is expected to deposit its ratification instrument of the UPCA to formally trigger the entry into force of the UPCA and allow the Unified Patent Court to start working.

See Communication from EPO here