European Patent With Unitary Effect: Proposed Renewal Fees

The president of the EPO (Benoit Battistelli), has recently submitted proposals for the level of renewal fees for the future European Patent with Unitary Effect to the responsible working group. The proposals are for discussion in a meeting scheduled for end of March. Other meetings may be further planned, in order to finalize the amount of the annuities and the distribution key by end of June 2015.