{"id":385274,"date":"2026-01-27T11:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ga-p.com\/?post_type=publicacion&#038;p=385274"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:03:17","slug":"jurisdiction-of-national-courts-of-states-party-to-the-agreement-on-a-unified-patent-court-in-respect-of-actions-relating-to-classic-european-patents-during-the-transitional-period","status":"publish","type":"publicacion","link":"https:\/\/ga-p.com\/en\/publications\/jurisdiction-of-national-courts-of-states-party-to-the-agreement-on-a-unified-patent-court-in-respect-of-actions-relating-to-classic-european-patents-during-the-transitional-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurisdiction of national courts of States party to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court in respect of actions relating to classic European patents during the transitional period"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ColumnaMasSidebar-block_95b58c6d7c87b420a9604b152e1b37cf\" class=\"ColumnaMasSidebar v1\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                <div class=\"hero-inner-blocks\">\n<div id=\"ColumnaIzquierda-block_cc7973a02d88bae3a70094430c35fb70\" class=\"blanco ColumnaIzquierda\">\n    <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>During the transitional period of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, national courts retain jurisdiction to hear cases concerning classic European patents, without the need for the proprietor to have exercised the opt-out option, i.e. without the need to have excluded the jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court over such patents. 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