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By Dr. Ilan Cohn The Decision On July 2, 2025, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office (EPO) delivered a landmark decision that reshapes the applicability of prior sale as prior art for determining patentability. It was previously thought that in Europe (and in many other…

In a few months a monumental change in the European patent landscape will take place with the coming into force of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) of the European Union (EU). This change will permit patentees to have a single Unified Patent (UP) across most of EU territory and, hence, covering one of the three largest economic regions of the world.