The EU single market is about to enter a new era of promoting investment in innovation. The long-awaited arrival of the unitary patent and the Unified Patent Court, set to become operational in early 2023, will boost the development and trade of IP-intensive goods and services, spark up foreign direct investment (FDI) flows and facilitate the scaling-up of European innovative us at the conference we are organising to mark this milestone in the completion of the EU’s single market for conference will welcome a host of high-level speakers, including the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economy, the EU Commissioner for the Internal Market (tbc) and the President of the European Patent Office. They will discuss the various avenues the unitary patent and the Unified Patent Court will open up for IP protection, as well as their potential to boost innovation across Europe. It`s an opportunity you cannot miss!The conference takes place in Brussels on Thursday 17 November 2022. Please note that in-person attendance at the Noble Concert conference venue is fully booked. Do not hesitate to subscribe to the stream (until 8 November).