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Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 Article 6

Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a European patent with unitary effect

Article 6

The rights conferred by a European patent with unitary effect shall not extend to acts concerning a product covered by that patent which are carried out within the participating Member States in which that patent has unitary effect after that product has been placed on the market in the Union by, or with the consent of, the patent proprietor, unless there are legitimate grounds for the patent proprietor to oppose further commercialisation of the product.

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CitationArticle 6 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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