Brussels, 20/11/2015 (Agence Europe) - The select committee on the European Patent Office (EPO) reached agreement on how the revenue generated by the unitary patent is to be shared. There are 26 member states taking part in the unitary patent.
The committee adopted the distribution key for the 50% share of revenue from annual taxes that goes to participating countries. Revenue will be shared out according to a formula that takes account of GDP and the number of patents registered by each...