Science, Technologies, Innovations №1(29) 2024, 3-13 р

http://doi.org/10.35668/2520-6524-2024-2-01

Androshchuk H. O. — PhD of Economics, Associate Professor, Chief Researcher, Scientific Research Institute of Intellectual Property of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, 11, K. Malevуch Str., building 4, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03680; genandro1@gmail.com; +38 (044) 200-08-76; ORCID: 0000-0003-0781-9740

Rabotiahova L. I. — Leading Researcher, Scientific Research Institute of Intellectual Property of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, 11, K. Malevуch Str., building 4, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03680; +38 (044) 200-08-76; rli@ukr.net; ORCID 0000-0002-5450-1607

EU PATENT SYSTEM: UNITARY PATENT AND PATENT COURT (Part 1)

Abstract. The article examines the organizational, economic and legal aspects of the creation of a unified patent system of the EU, its role and place in the regional patent system, the stimulation of innovation, open to all European states. The article aimed at the issuance of a classic European patent, the procedures for obtaining a unified patent, organizational and economic advantages are analyzed (cost savings, compensation scheme) and possible disadvantages of a unified patent system for national offices. The unified patent system of the EU has become operational, a single patent is issued with a single effect on the territory of the EU member states that participate in the creation of a unified patent protection.

Keywords: European Patent Convention, classic European patent, regime of enhanced cooperation, unified patent system of the EU, unified patent, stimulation of innovation.

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