Papula-Nevinpat in WIPR: Unitary Patent system – should you opt out or stay in?

2.8.2022

A rightsholder’s size and patent footprint may help decide whether they participate in the new patent and court, explain Folke Johansson and Tomi Konkonen of Papula-Nevinpat.

Read the article in the latest issue of the World Intellectual Property Review (issue 2/2022) where our European patent attorneys Folke Johansson and Tomi Konkonen share their views on the different ways forward.

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