Unitary Patent Member States
The 18 states member states participating in the Unitary Patent (UP) system are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Sweden.
The 7 states in enhanced cooperation that have signed but not yet ratified the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) are: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Poland and Slovakia. Until these states have ratified the UCPA, the UP will not be effective in their jurisdictions.
States that have not signed the UPCA and that will not be participating are: UK, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Croatia, Norway, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania and Iceland.
More information about the Unitary Patent System and The Unified Patent Court (UPC) can be found via this link.
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