{"id":23910,"date":"2024-01-01T12:46:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T11:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/?p=23910"},"modified":"2024-12-12T15:37:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T14:37:39","slug":"the-agony-of-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/the-agony-of-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic considerations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-2m79k6e-988083745abae59326db0eb133465306 main_color avia-section-large avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-23910'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1zh7yzq-462fead3a39e30520ac941a0ca06a73f av_two_third  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m1qnmt7w-21bfcd9713888aa06288270a8663a47d\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-m1qnmt7w-21bfcd9713888aa06288270a8663a47d{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-m1qnmt7w-21bfcd9713888aa06288270a8663a47d .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-m1qnmt7w-21bfcd9713888aa06288270a8663a47d .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-m1qnmt7w-21bfcd9713888aa06288270a8663a47d av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Strategic considerations<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-1gmo8ue-e54216118e846efa47659d9fc6fe405a'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The introduction of the Unitary Patent System paves ways for taking many different routes towards a European patent strategy.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\">Patent law and jursidiction<\/h2>\n<p>Multiple different choices can be made with regard to the nature of the patent right and with regard to the jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>With regard to the nature of the patent rights, the Unitary Patent (UP) will coexist with national patents and utility models as well as with traditional European bundle patents.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding jurisdiction, traditional European bundle patents can be kept in the jurisdictions of the established national courts by means of the opt-out or can be made accessible to the new Unified Patent Court (UPC). However, UPs will be in the jurisdiction of the UPC and national patents and utility models will remain in the jurisdiction of the national courts.<\/p>\n<p>The UP can be combined with national patents or utility models, which allows to have the same technology be handled by different jurisdictions for the same states.<\/p>\n<p>The UP can also be combined with traditional European patents, such as UP for the participating EU member states and traditional European patents for the non-participating EU member states and for non-EU EPC member states.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of UPs, national and traditional European bundle patents remain available also for the participating EU member states.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, European divisional applications can be treated differently compared to their parent application, which allows for additional strategic options in terms of which patent right to choose and which jurisdiction to select for the same technology.<\/p>\n<h3>General information on the choice of patent law<\/h3>\n<p>To shine some light on which patent right to choose, please note the following general information. However, the exact choice depends on the particular case and should be made only after obtaining personal legal advice.<\/p>\n<p>National patents and utility models enable to have the technology treated within the established national courts also beyond the end of the transitional period after which all European patents would fall in the jurisdiction of the UPC, unless opted-out beforehand during the transitional period. The securing of access to the national courts be established via the national rights in parallel with European or Unitary Patents by way of claiming priority, parallel national phase entries or parallel national filings.<\/p>\n<p>For EPC states not participating in the new Unitary Patent System, the traditional European bundle patent would still be the choice in parallel with national patent rights. The traditional European bundle patent is also the choice for the participating EU member states when the patent strategy is to be kept as in the past, namely validate in several EPC states and manage national parts of the European bundle patent individually. This may be the choice for important patents, for which products and\/or license agreements are available. This choice is also cheaper than the Unitary Patent when only up to 3 or 4 EPC states are to be validated and also makes sense when future dropping of individual national parts of a European patent is of interest. European bundle patents can be opted-out to avoid a combination of the disadvantages of the respective systems: Even though validation in several states has been performed, allowing for a central attack at the UPC and loss in all validation states at the same time by not opting out. Strong European bundle patents can be made subject to the UPC to contribute to jurisprudence of the UPC, while keeping the risk of a central revocation low.<\/p>\n<p>The Unitary Patent has the potential to save costs, because the costs associated with payment of renewal fees and validation for multiple validation states can be avoided. However, the UP will only bring cost savings if one would otherwise validate the European patent in four or more EPC states. The more states one normally validates and the longer the lifetime, the larger the cost saving are with the UP. However, no dropping of validation states is possible for the UP, so that the costs savings also come with a loss in some of the strategic options. The UP might provide cost savings in case litigation cases in several different countries are expected. However, the UP has the risk of a central attack and loss of the UP in all states at once.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, national patents and utility models may be combined with European or Unitary Patents, whereas the exact choice of the two types of European patent rights depends on various factors. We will be happy to advise you on finding the \u201cright fit\u201d to you.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m1qnm18s-746213e71b9cba9d0ade49e91facd1d0\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-m1qnm18s-746213e71b9cba9d0ade49e91facd1d0{\nheight:35px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-m1qnm18s-746213e71b9cba9d0ade49e91facd1d0 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_button'><span class='hr-inner'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-ioq5o8-dd7227fd39f91854daa92157f04ecd3e-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr'><a href='https:\/\/www.boehmert.de\/en\/upc\/'  class='avia-button av-ioq5o8-dd7227fd39f91854daa92157f04ecd3e av-link-btn avia-icon_select-yes-left-icon avia-size-medium avia-position-left avia-color-theme-color'   aria-label=\"Back to UPC overview\"><span class='avia_button_icon avia_button_icon_left avia-iconfont avia-font-linearicons-free' data-av_icon='\ue879' data-av_iconfont='linearicons-free' ><\/span><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Back to UPC overview<\/span><\/a><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-13yus3q-0a83e95343c12cbc0454e5282a7d82a5\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-13yus3q-0a83e95343c12cbc0454e5282a7d82a5{\nheight:35px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-13yus3q-0a83e95343c12cbc0454e5282a7d82a5 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_button  avia-builder-el-last'><span class='hr-inner'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-39d1s6-baa6c2f32f3e6edb65b7a19f066f51b9 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div'     ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The introduction of the unitary patent system paves ways for taking many different routes towards a European patent strategy. 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