Licensing deals and the UPC - what you need to know

If you have been following the UPC "saga", you already know that it's currently at the final stage - which means that we should witness the beginning of the new patent system at the end of 2022 / early 2023.

With the new UPC system having certain advantages and disadvantages, anyone planning licensing or collaboration deals should agree a strategy related to European patents in their agreements – an exercise better started sooner rather than later.

So how do you make your licences and patent strategy UPC-ready? We have prepared a detailed note on what needs to be done, which you can read on the Bristows UPC hub, here, and a summary of some of the risks facing life sciences companies in our On The Pulse publication, here.