Thursday, May 11 2023   \  Published by Kluwer Patent Blog.

Breaking News: Draft EU legislation on unitary SPCs and new centralized SPC examination procedure unveiled

Breaking News: Draft EU legislation on unitary SPCs and new centralized SPC examination procedure unveiled

After years of preparation, the European Union’s draft legislation for a sweeping reform of the existing legal regime on supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), which includes the establishment of a centralized SPC filing and examination procedure as well as the introduction of a unitary SPC, has finally been published today on April 27, 2023.

This draft legislation is composed of the following four new Regulations proposed by the European Commission: Read more

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