The Lithuanian government has introduced to its parliament the bills to ratify the UPC Agreement, and to create a regional division of the UPC with Sweden, Estonia and Latvia .
It also introduced a bill to amend its existing patent law, guaranteeing dual protection (or double patenting), the enforcement of the Unified Patent Court’s decisions, or the modalities of an action for violation of EU law .
Lithuania could thus become the 10th country to ratify the UPCA after Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Sweden.