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Portugal becomes 8th contracting state to formally ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement
On 28 August 2015, Portugal lodged its instrument of ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA), making it the eighth contracting state to do so (joining Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Malta and Sweden - see details here). 13 of the 25 contracting states are required to ratify before the UPCA and thus the new Unified Patent Court system and unitary patent can come into effect, but these must include France (already ratified), the UK and Germany.
Country: Portugal
Domains: IPR
Stakeholder: Government
Tags: IPR, ratification, Portugal, Unified Patent Court Agreement