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Heart of Hyrule Modern AU pt 2

Wanted to get down some thoughts on world-building. specifically as it relates to war and reconstruction. this is all subject to change, i just needed to get it laid out somewhere so if something doesnt make sense please let me know!!!

Also CW for wartime, occupations, terrorism

The Borderless War

13 year long civil war

Started as an attempted coup to move from monarchy into military dictatorship

General Rivia of Noble Court planted his men at major forts throughout Hyrule. Once smoke signals were lit, the men mutinied and took control (or attempted to) of military stations and strategic routes.

Rivia was swiftly detained by the Sheikah protecting the royal family. The outposts were more difficult because the sitting king was deemed weak/ineffective. The forces were split 50/50 as was most of the populace

Rivia’s wife Nomi managed to take the royal family as political hostages with a rogue group of Sheikah she promised power

Nobles were rounded up and executed if they refused to kneel as were important figureheads. Entire towns were razed if they refused to swear fealty

As refugees fled to neighboring lands, the defected army hunted them down

During this time Ordon (previously on good terms with Hyrule) was forcibly occupied for their agriculture and isolation

The Zora remained neutral but accepted refugees, the Gorons defended the Eldin province from non official militants (the defected army), and the Rito fled from forest fires up into the mountains

The war ended when Nomi was betrayed by the Sheikah after failing to follow through on her promises

Without her at the helm, the uprising was swiftly squashed (About 4 years after Time is born/left in Kokiri Forest)

The Harkinian royal family takes the throne again (princess Zelda was born while the family was captive and sent as a protected hostage to a sheikah base in the east)

Weapons development

The war served as the turning point in modern magic weaponry.

The warriors family established their company by refitting old weaponry with mana charges which could fire liquidized or crystalline spells even by those not magically inclined

On top of projectile spells, the company produced traditional weapons (swords, spears, etc) that also used charges to apply spells to the weapons

They also produced tactical staves and learned to make the first lab-grown mana crystals (which they still have a patent on)

The weapons advanced much faster than the defenses which had devastating results for casualty numbers

Anti mage armor does come about towards the end of the war but is expensive and heavy

Reconstruction

Due to the lawlessness of the war era, monsters swiftly took over the wilds (especially in the south of Hyrule)

As the land was attempted to be resettled, monsters attacked and killed a lot of townships/camps

Monster hunting starts off as a noble trade but swiftly becomes synonymous with extortion and ransoming

Much of the south is left abandoned and with forces and resources already stretched thin, the royal army leaves the area to monsters with devastating results on the towns that survived through the war but were left defenseless

As a way to catalog refugees/orphans, Hylians are made to adopt true surnames over place names

The first wave of standardized official identification is rolled out. ID cards include names, birthdays, province of origin, and whether or not the person is magically inclined

King Harkinan establishes the sages as a unified council in peace attempts

Official seats of the country (castle town, goron city, etc) are fitted with anti mana barriers that require a key item such as a ring to use magic within the barrier limits

Dark magic is declared officially illegal. Light magic requires special licenses.

Post-war Occupation of Ordon

Ordon is denied a representative on the sages’ council leading the relationship to sour more. Hyrule has yet to pull out of the region.

The first Ordon Rebellion occurs resulting in the destruction of the great fort on the north end of Faron bridge. As a result, a second occupation occurs

Ordon is forced to name a capital (Ordon village) and an ambassador. Ordonians are then forced to take Hylian surnames.

A rebellion group forms with Ordon leading to a number of small terror acts and attacks on Hylian grounds. Anti-Ordon sentiments begin to crop up

Hyrule exhausts itself in Ordon and withdraws from the area under an unstable treaty. Ordon is considered Hyrule territory, but is allowed to functionally govern themselves. This makes trade/travel/logistics difficult between Hyrule and Ordon.

The temple of hylia constructed in Ordon Village is abandoned

Anti-ordonian laws (ID cards, permits/paperwork, lack of representation) are passed further dividing the kingdom and province

Character effects

Time is a war refugee who is born during the war and taken to the Kokiri for safety as an infant when his parents were outed as monarch loyalists working with a resistance

Malon’s family stayed in the south through the war and reconstruction. She vividly remembers hiding in the cellar from monsters as a child

Wars’ family owns and operates Warriors’ Weaponry Co. He has mixed feelings on his family’s legacy. He’s fairly inclined to magic and is somewhat skilled with a power spear.

Twilight is a Hylian reconstruction refugee adopted into Ordon. He faces a lot of anti-Ordon sentiment in Hyrule and the opposite in Ordon. His home and family were destroyed by a monster.

Wild was severely injured in a monster attack in the northeast of Hyrule which destroyed his home village.

Legend’s family is noble blooded but went into hiding after the war and gave up their titles.

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An Ex-Leftist Reacts to Biden’s Speech About 'Democracy'

BY LINCOLN BROWN

Dear Mr. President,

First of all, the United States of America is not a democracy. Dear God, that is Civics 101. America is a republic. It was designed as a republic because the framers knew that democracies could easily descend into mob rule. That includes mobs you like. More on that later.

Secondly, the man who attacked Paul Pelosi is a mentally ill drug addict whose interests and intentions were all over the map. I don’t see you shedding any tears for the people who face these lunatics every single day on city streets. But your people found enough to get back on the MAGA horse.

Speaking of that, and mobs…

Third, no one is buying ”MAGA Republicans” anymore. You’ve ridden said horse into the ground. It’s dead. Leave it be. It was not the vast majority of Republicans who stormed the Capitol on January 6. It wasn’t even the majority of people at the rally. But you just can’t leave it alone. Americans, sir, have been struggling with increasing crime under the watch of you and your counterparts, and they have very few tears left to shed for the protected class who, for a few hours out of one day, felt threatened. And frankly, sir, you and your party have trotted out the routine so many times that any dramatic value it may have had is lost on everyone but yourselves and your pet media. Nary a word from you about the sieges in cities by anarchists or the threats against a Supreme Court justice. You cry crocodile tears over J6 and talk about unifying a nation while finding any reason to raid the homes of abortion opponents and ignore the destruction of pregnancy centers.

Democracy versus autocracy, you say? Who but an autocrat would weaponize the Department of Justice to terrorize his political opponents, cast concerned parents as domestic terrorists, and even try to find ways to criminalize election rhetoric he doesn’t like? Who but an autocrat would freeze energy production in his own country, raid the reserves, and flirt with nationalizing the oil industry?

We won’t know the results until a few days after the election? I’ve been voting since 1985. Going back as far as I can remember (Al Gore aside), most elections have been finished on Election Day. It is patently obvious to anyone with half a brain at their disposal that your handlers, speech writers, and members of the Democratic upper echelon are setting the scene to buy time. After all, Big Tech needs to sow the seeds of doubt, and hell, you might just skeeve your way out of this one, if the vote is close enough.

Related: Biden Goes Full Steve Martin, Has His ‘I Was Born a Poor Black Child’ Moment

You want your fellow Americans to help you meet this day? Maybe your fellow Americans are worried about putting gas in the tank, heating their homes, or making their rent or mortgage. Maybe they are reeling from the fact that you and your media lied to them about a drug that did nothing to prevent the spread of a disease, and watched their businesses and livelihoods evaporate. And you and the people who profited from it could not have cared less. Maybe the voters are hearing about the supply chain being interrupted by a lack of diesel fuel or an impending railroad strike, which, despite your crowing about fixing it, may occur after the election after all. Maybe they are worried about getting attacked on the street or having their stores or boutiques cleaned out. They know how your allies are trying to divide and judge their children on the color of their skin, and mutilate their growing bodies. Some don’t feel safe outside their homes and barely feel safe inside them. Some still remember the Afghanistan debacle. Some of them are even worried about nuclear war. I wasn’t even alive the last time that concern was on the table.

Maybe they understand that you want them to help you meet this day so that you and your people can stay in office. These people don’t even know what the next day will bring for them, and they do not have the financial cushion of you and your party leaders and mouthpieces.

Back during the earliest stages of the 2008 election, I believed in you. I backed you and hell, I even liked you. And yes, I probably owe every reader at PJ Media an apology for that. Of course, Obama came along and all of us donkeys got the vapors for him, but that just goes to show you how easily Democrats can be emotionally manipulated. Had I only known then what I know now. Not that it would have mattered, but at least I wouldn’t have to admit to having supported you.

But people aren’t being manipulated now. And that has nothing to do with “election deniers.” It has nothing to do with MAGA Republicans. They can see what you and your party have done to them. The kitty or perhaps the donkey is out of the proverbial burlap. You and your party failed us, just like you failed me twelve years ago. But instead of apologizing and maybe listening, you doubled down, you dug in. And the rest of us paid for it.

People have figured out something about you and the rest of your ruling class, sir. You are everything you accuse conservatives of being. And you were able to hide that. Until now.

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Tribunale unificato dei brevetti, in un convegno focus sui primi passi

Di Pietro Nigro Incontro a Roma il 15 aprile promosso dal deputato Simone Billi per conoscere le attività riferibili al nuovo Tribunale Unificato dei Brevetti che a giugno apre la sede di Milano. Tribunale Unificato dei Brevetti, convegno a Roma il 15 aprile Il Tribunale Unificato dei Brevetti è la nuova corte internazionale con sede centrale a Parigi e Monaco che è stata istituita il 1 giugno 2023 e che ha compentenza e giurisdizione sui brevetti unitari e sui brevetti europei. Si tratta di una materia di grande interesse per un gran numero di aziende produttive e per i professionisti e consulenti che le assistono, che a partire dal mese di giugno sarà in parte delegata al nuovo ufficio locale che apre i battenti a Milano. Per questo, per offrire l'opportunità di iniziare a conoscere queste competenze trattate nella sede milanese, il 15 aprile alle 14:30 alla Camera dei Deputati a Roma, si terrà un convegno dal titolo "Patent litigation in Europe - The unified patent court". Al convegno, promosso da Simone Billi, deputato al Parlamento italiano eletto nel collegio Estero - Europa (Lega) w European Patent Attorne, in collaborazione con l’Ordine dei Consulenti in Proprietà Industriale, si farà un bilancio dei primi mesi di lavoro del Tribunale e si raccoglierà il punto di vista delle aziende, della politica e degli operatori dello stesso tribunale. All'appuntamento partecipano Carlo Nordio, ministro della Giustizia, Antonio Tajani, ministro degli Esteri, Klaus Grabinski, presidente del TUB, Sem Fabrizi, rappresentante del Maeci nel Comitato amministrativo della Unified Patent Court, Cristina Contini, dell'Ufficio legislativo del Ministero della Giustizia, Annamaria Bardone, presidente dell'Ordine dei Consulenti in Proprietà Industriale (Italian Industrial Property Consultants Institute), Klaus Grabinski, presidente della Upc, Paolo Catallozzi, giudice della Upc, Massimo Scuffi,, del Comitato consultivo Upc, Cesare Galli, professore di Legislazione dei Brevetti industriali all'Università di Parma, Marcello Cattani, presidente di Farmindustria, Bruno Bettelli, presidente di Federmacchine, Paolo Markovina, rappresentante di Confindustria, A. Scilletta, E. Papa e A. Perronace, Giudici tecnici di Epc. ... Continua a leggere su

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NEW IRISH LEADER HARRIS'S FIRST TASK WILL BE TO CONVINCE VOTERS THAT JUNE PATENT POLL IS ABOUT AN OBSCURE EUROPEAN COURT AND NOT WHETHER HIS REGIME'S POLICIES ARE PATENT NONSENSE

FROM OUR PATENT COURT REPORTER CLAIMS THAT new Irish supremo SIMON Harris has been sold a (*King’s?) hospital pass by his predecessor Leo Varadkar, have been brought into sharp focus by a recent internal Fine Gael poll suggesting that many Irish voters believe the June Constitutional Referendum to allow the country join the Unified Patent Court is actually a vote on whether Irish Government…

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UK Supreme Court Denies AI's Claim to Inventorship in Landmark Case

In a decision that may shape the future of artificial intelligence (AI) and patent law, the UK Supreme Court has ruled against Dr. Stephen Thaler in a landmark case concerning the role of AI in inventing. Dr. Thaler, who created the AI system DABUS (Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience), sought to have DABUS recognized as the inventor of two patents – a food container and…

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Nokia Sues Amazon and HP for Patent Infringement, Seeks Compensation

Nokia Sues Amazon and HP

Nokia claims that Amazon and HP violated its patents by using its video-related technologies illegally in their products and services, and it has filed a lawsuit against both businesses to recover damages.

The illegal use of Nokia’s video-related technologies in Amazon’s streaming services and devices has prompted legal action against the company, according to a blog post by Arvin Patel, Chief Licensing Officer, New Segments at Nokia.

Legal actions against Amazon have been brought before the European Unified Patent Court, the US, Germany, India, and the UK.

“Amazon Prime Video and Amazon’s electronic contraptions misuse a couple of Nokia’s media licenses that cover various developments, for instance, fulfilled movement, video pressure, hardware related perspectives, and content idea,” Patel communicated late on Tuesday.

In a separate lawsuit against HP, Nokia accused the company of “unauthorized use of Nokia’s patented video-related technologies in their devices.”

Nokia’s Strong Stand on Patent Enforcement

Just six legal actions have been initiated by Nokia since 2017, compared to the over 250 licenses that have been completed or extended, including friendly agreements with Apple and Samsung.

“We have had discussions with both Amazon and HP for different years, but when an association chooses not to keep the guidelines that others consent and respect, once in a while the main choice is to make a legitimate move against them.

Nokia has spent around 140 billion euros (and over 4.5 billion euros somewhat recently) on innovative work (Research and development) for state of the art advancements, like sight and sound and cell, beginning around 2000.

Subsequently, Patel expressed, “it is no embellishment to say that whole ventures are controlled by these developments.We hold one of the strongest patent portfolios of connectivity and multimedia technologies in the world.”

Also Read: What Hackers Can Do with Aadhaar Numbers: Insights from Past Tweets

Royalties, which “we will reinvest, along with substantial amounts of additional investment, in the development of next generation multimedia technology,” are what Nokia is now requesting in exchange for the usage of its innovations.

“We almost never choose to litigate cases. We would prefer to work out friendly deals with the businesses that use our technology, but we’re still open to positive, sincere discussions,” the company stated.

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Nokia has filed lawsuits in the United States, Germany, India, Great Britain and the European Unified Patent Court.

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Panasonic denuncia Xiaomi e OPPO

In una situazione già problematica per OPPO a livello europeo, con la causa legale di Nokia, arriva ora una denuncia a livello globale per lo stesso motivo. Denuncia che tocca anche Xiaomi, e a muoverla è Panasonic.  Il comunicato è apparso questa mattina sul sito dell’azienda di Osaka: “Osaka, Giappone - La Panasonic Holdings Corporation ("Panasonic") ha annunciato oggi di aver avviato azioni legali contro Xiaomi e OPPO in relazione ai suoi brevetti standard essenziali (SEPs) nel campo delle comunicazioni cellulari. Panasonic prevede che azioni rilevanti si svilupperanno e procederanno in parallelo in Germania, nel Regno Unito, nel recentemente istituito European Unified Patent Court (UPC) e in Cina. Panasonic è un riconosciuto contributore tecnico agli standard WCDMA e LTE e detiene alcuni brevetti standard essenziali derivanti dai suoi contributi. Attraverso discussioni bilaterali in buona fede, Panasonic ha chiuso in questi anni accordi con aziende che competono a livello globale con Xiaomi e OPPO. Queste licenze consentono a Panasonic di sostenere le sue iniziative globali di ricerca per migliorare la qualità della vita e far progredire la società, scopi fondamentali che guidano la sua missione aziendali. Le azioni legali sono state intraprese dopo anni di negoziati bilaterali con Xiaomi e OPPO senza raggiungere soluzioni. Questa è la prima volta che Panasonic ritiene necessario avviare azioni legate ai suoi brevetti standard essenziali nelle comunicazioni cellulari.” La questione è semplice: ci sono aziende che detengono alcuni brevetti che non sono in alcun modo sostituibili, detti appunto essenziali, e questi brevetti devono essere ceduti ad un prezzo ragionevole. Si dice FRAND, e sta per "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory”. Panasonic nel suo comunicato comunica di essere riuscita a raggiungere un accordo di questo tipo con ogni concorrente di OPPO e Xiaomi, ma in tutti questi anni con i due brand cinesi non è mai riuscita ad arrivare ad una soluzione soddisfacente. Si è vista costretta, per la prima volta, a citarli in giudizio. Read the full article

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How the UPC and European Patents with Unitary Effect Reach Beyond Europe to the United States

“As prior art material to the patentability of a U.S. patent application must be disclosed to the USPTO in an IDS, U.S. patent prosecutors should ensure they are monitoring pending U.S. patent applications with co-pending European patent applications that receive a Rule 71(3) communication.” The impact of the long-awaited launch of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is hard to overstate. While…

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Ondernemers kunnen met één aanvraag hun uitvinding beschermen in 17 landen van de Europese Unie. Dat is mogelijk zodra op 1 juni het unitair octrooi van kracht wordt. Ook opent dan in Den Haag een vestiging van de nieuwe Europese rechtbank voor octrooirechtszaken - het Unified Patent Court. Hierdoor wordt het beschermen van uitvindingen en innovaties eenvoudiger, efficiënter en goedkoper. Daar profiteren grote en kleine Nederlandse bedrijven van, maakte minister Adriaansens van Economische Zaken en Klimaat vandaag bekend bij de opening van het Unified Patent Court. Eigendomsrecht uitvinding Het Europees octrooisysteem wordt vernieuwd door de introductie van het unitair octrooi vanaf 1 juni 2023. Met één aanvraag kunnen bedrijven het eigendomsrecht op hun innovatie beschermen en via de Europese octrooirechtbank (Unified Patent Court) handhaven in 17 EU-landen. Bedrijven kunnen rechtszaken over Europese octrooien hier in het Nederlands en Engels voeren. Een octrooi of patent is een exclusief eigendomsrecht op een uitvinding van een technisch product of proces. Voor ondernemers is het van belang hun innovatie met een octrooi te beschermen om zo de concurrentie te kunnen aangaan. In 2022 vroegen Nederlandse ondernemers 6.806 Europese octrooien aan. Hiermee staat Nederland binnen de Europese Unie op de 3e plaats (na Duitsland en Frankrijk). Unitair octrooi Minister Adriaansens (EZK): ‘Het unitair octrooi bespaart ondernemers tijd, energie en geld. Zij kunnen hun innovatie in één keer beschermen op een markt van 350 miljoen consumenten. Zo hebben zij geen last meer van administratieve verplichtingen en vertaaleisen van alle 17 landen.’    Europese lidstaten werken nu al samen met één centrale procedure voor het aanvragen en verlenen van Europese octrooien. Na verlening is het behoud, beheer en de handhaving van octrooien in elk land echter afzonderlijk geregeld. Het unitair octrooi moet deze versnippering tegengaan. Het octrooi gaat vanaf de start gelden in België, Bulgarije, Denemarken, Duitsland, Estland, Finland, Frankrijk, Italië, Letland, Litouwen Luxemburg, Malta, Nederland, Oostenrijk, Portugal, Slovenië, Zweden. Andere EU-landen kunnen zich later nog aansluiten. Lokale divisie Den Haag Naast de hoofdvestigingen van het Unified Patent Court (UPC) in München en Parijs krijgt Nederland een lokale vestiging in The Hague Hearing Centre. Uitspraken van het Unified Patent court gelden direct in alle 17 landen waar ook het unitair octrooi van kracht is. De nabijheid van de Haagse vestiging van het Unified Patent Court en de mogelijkheid om in het Nederlands of Engels te procederen, maakt het vooral voor het innovatieve mkb en start ups eenvoudiger om hun eigendomsrecht in Europa te beschermen.

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Reuters escribe que Thaler quería patentar las invenciones, pero la Oficina de Marcas y Patentes de EE. UU. y un juez federal en Virginia rechazaron las solicitudes con el argumento de que DABUS no es una persona. El tribunal dictaminó que las patentes solo podían otorgarse a humanos y que la IA de Thaler no podía ser considerada legalmente como la creadora de estos inventos.

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Unitary Patent System: All You Need to Know

This article on 'Unitary Patent System: All You Need to Know' was written by an intern at Legal Upanishad.

Introduction

The unitary patent system is a new concept that tries to enforce and implement the same system for all the participating members. And the motive behind this concept is that it will make the system more reliable and good. Moreover, it is also a step to increase cooperation among the participating countries. Now, this Unitary Patent System has two bodies in it. One is Unitary Patent Protection and the other is Unitary Patent Court, which has its specific roles.

How it is different from the earlier system?

A unitary patent is a new option after a grant of a regular EP patent. So, there will be no changes in the proceedings up to the ground. After the grant of the EP patent, an applicant may choose to request a unitary patent which would then have a uniform effect in all participating member states. That means it can be enforced in all participating member states in single enforcement proceedings. As a downside for the proprietor, it came invalidated in all member states in a single revocation proceeding. With the unitary patent, it is no longer necessary to validate the patent individually in each country for each protection is sought, but protection can be achieved in all participating member states with a single request with the EPO. Additionally, instead of paying renewal fees to the various national patent offices, as you would for a regular IP pattern only a single renewal fee needs to be paid each year conveniently with a single pattern office, the EPO.

The Unitary Patent and Unitary Patent Court

The arrival of the unitary patent and the unified patent court provides you with new opportunities for the validation and enforcement of European patents. Litigation on patent infringement and the validity of European patents can now only be handled by national courts. The arrival of the unified patent court will make it possible to enforce centrally for a number of countries. You then no longer have to litigate separately in these countries. With the UPC one procedure will result in a decision that is valid for all participating countries. New European patents that you validate as unitary patents are automatically covered by the UPC. European Patents that have been granted are also subjected. The current system of decentralized enforcement will also remain in place. If you do not want your granted European patent to be subjected to the UPC, you should file an opt-out request. If so, you can submit an opt-out and nothing will change. You can submit your opt-out at the start of the sunrise period. But. even after this period, it is still possible to file an opt-out for a period of seven years. As long as there is no court action on the patent.

Unitary Patent System: All You Need to Know At the start of the UPC, the unitary patent also became a reality. From that moment on you have the option to validate a European patent as a unitary patent. This makes your patent effective at once in all participating countries. So, it is not a new patent, but an additional option within the current validation process of the European patent. The process of examination and grant of your European patent remains the same. Suppose you want to validate your European patent in a number of countries. It will then still be possible to designate these countries individually. And after validation, you pay annual maintenance fees in each of these countries. If several countries participate in the unitary patent, then it may be advantageous to validate the European patent as the unitary patent. This requires one translation, and you paid one annual fee for the maintenance costs. The unitary patent is subjected to the unified patent court, where enforcement is centralized. But an opt-out is not possible for unitary patents. For current European patent applications, a transitional arrangement is provided during the sunrise period. Once an intention to grant has been issued, you have two options with you which are as follows. Number one is to request a postponement of the publication of the patent grant. And the second option is to make an early request to validate the patent as a unitary patent.

Pros and Cons

So, in the unitary patent which a bit relates to validation and maintenance of the patent, the main changes are cost savings. So as you know, under the current system, which we're now going to start calling the classic system in order to keep a granted European patent enforcing in all of the countries that you want, you have to meet local requirements, which might include the filing of a local language translation and also include appointing a local agent and will certainly include paying a local renewal fee every year. Those requirements will be reduced in the 17 countries participating in the new system. So, there will be only one translation to be required and they'll be a central renewal fee payable as a single payment each year to the EPO, which will be equivalent to about four or five national renewal fees. So, you'll get more bang for your buck and that's particularly attractive if you are an applicant who tends to validate or would like to validate if only you had the money, broadly geographically. But if you're an applicant who only cares about the UK, France, or Germany, for example, the new system is less attractive.

Suggestions

The unitary patent system is a new idea, but it seems very effective because first of all, it is very cost-effective as compared to the earlier system. Secondly, because it is a unitary system, there will be homogeneity among all the member states and that will make the system more effective and reliable. Thus, the enforcement of a Unitary patent system is indeed very beneficial and is also necessary.

Conclusion

Therefore, a Unitary Patent System seems to be very effective and can be relied upon because it will make the system cost-effective, and it will also increase its reliability and effectiveness. And it will provide one effective patent jurisdiction and thus will serve as a one-stop-shop for the participating nations to provide them with uniform protection.

List of References

- Unitary Patent, European Patent Office, available at: https://www.epo.org/applying/european/unitary/unitary-patent.html - The unitary patent system, European Commission, available at: https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/industry/strategy/intellectual-property/patent-protection-eu/unitary-patent-system_en Read the full article

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Advantages of Unitary Patent (UP)

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