Opt-Out – Legal problems

Little has been discussed more in the drafting process than the possibility to exclude a pa-tent or patent application from the entire package. The opt-out provisions to be ob-served are Articles 83 (3) and (4) UPCA and Rules 5.1 to 5.13 RoP. While on its face eve-rything seems to be easy (“You file an opt-out with the UPC and you are out”), many as-pects are unclear.

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