The Unified Patent Court will finally become a reality, open its doors and start to receive cases from 1 April 2023. This is announced in the implementation roadmap, which was published yesterday by the UPC preparatory team and depicts all the key activities and milestones of the UPC in the coming months.
The roadmap also indicates the Sunrise period will start on 1 January 2023. The following ‘Global milestones’ are mentioned:
- MS call for contribution (PAP)- tbc: call for contribution request to UPC Member States for the Provisional Application Phase (PAP) if needed;
- Germany ratification: the deposit of the UPCA ratification instrument by Germany will trigger the Sunrise period (first day of the following month) and the entry into force of the UPCA (3 months after the start of the Sunrise period);
- Start of the Sunrise: the date of the start of the Sunrise period is expected to be January 1, 2023;
- FAP budget approval & call for contribution: first accounting period (FAP) budget approval by the Budget Committee and subsequent call for contribution to UPC Member States; Entry into force of the UPCA:
- entry into force of the UPCA and the opening of the Court from 1 April 2023. Read more