As noted in Emily Weal’s earlier post on the subject (see here) patent applicants will still have the option of opting out of the unitary patent package if desired and applying for direct national patents.

A note of caution was sounded in the earlier post highlighting that not all of the 25 European countries that are part of the unitary patent package permit national phase entry from a PCT application.

In this post we take a closer look at which countries you need to keep an eye on.

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