I. General

Yes

In Germany, three laws implementing Unitary Patent protection have entered into force:

• law of 7 August 2021 assenting to the Agreement of 19 February 2013 on a Unified Patent Court (Federal Law Gazette II, p. 850¹ – Legislative materials of the German Bundestag)
• law of 20 August 2021 updating national patent legislation in the light of the European patent reform (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 3914² – Legislative materials of the German Bundestag)
• law of 20 August 2021 assenting to the Protocol of 29 June 2016 on Privileges and Immunities of the Unified Patent Court (Federal Law Gazette II, p. 953³ – Legislative materials of the German Bundestag).

Germany ratified the Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application on 27 September 2021. It will deposit the instrument of ratification for the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court as soon as sufficient arrangements for the Court's functioning have been made on the basis of the Agreement's "provisional application" to ensure that it will be operational when the Agreement enters into force.