Entry into force of EPO validation agreement with Tunisia

EPO President Benoît Battistelli and INNORPI president announced the entry into force on 01 March 2015 of the EPO validation agreement with Tunisia.
This agreement, signed on 03 July 2014 and adopted by the Tunisian parliament on 16 February 2015, allows European patents applications to be validated in Tunisia, even though Tunisia is not an EPO member state. Validated European patent applications and patents will have the same legal effect as Tunisian national applications and patents.