EUROPEAN PATENTS COULD BE VALIDATED IN COSTA RICA IN THE FUTURE
Mon, 13/01/2025 - 10:39
Costa Rica has signed an agreement with the European Patent Office so that, when it will enter into force, it will be possible to validate a granted European patent in Costa Rica, as it happens already in other countries like Morocco, Moldova, Tunisia, Cambodia, Georgia and Laos, in addition to the other 39 member states of the European Patent Convention.
Costa Rica will be the first validation country in America.
Under the validation agreement, European patents validated in Costa Rica will have the same effect and be subject to the same conditions as national patents of this country.
