Belgium Becomes the Fourth State to Ratify the Agreement on the European Union’s (EU’s) Unitary Patent Court (UPC)
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Belgium Becomes the Fourth State to Ratify the Agreement on the European Union’s (EU’s) Unitary Patent Court (UPC)

The Agreement on the UPC was signed on 19 February 2013 by all of the EU's member states, except Croatia, Poland and Spain. The Agreement will enter into force as soon as it has been ratified by 13 member states, including the United Kingdom (UK), France and Germany (who are the three mandatory participants).

It is our understanding that Belgium became the four state (after Austria, France and Sweden) to ratify the Agreement on 6 June 2014.

Details concerning the ratification status of the UK, Germany and Denmark can be found here.