Introduction Launching a product in Europe is not one freedom-to-operate search. A Unitary Patent — now covering all 18 UPC member states in a single grant — means one overlooked active patent can create uniform blocking risk across Germany, France,...
Introduction A university licenses a breakthrough technology to a startup. Six months later, a third-party patent surfaces that the licensed product appears to infringe. The deal is restructured. Legal costs mount. The startup’s commercialization timeline slips by a year. This...