Editing Unitary patent (section)

====Special territories of participating member states====
As the unitary patent is introduced by an EU regulation, it is expected to not only be valid in the mainland territory of the participating member states that are party to the UPC, but also in those of their [[Special member state territories and the European Union|special territories]] that are part of the European Union. As of April 2014, this includes the following fourteen territories:

* Cyprus: [[United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus|UN Buffer Zone]]
* Finland: [[Åland]]
* France: [[French Guiana]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Martinique]], [[Mayotte]], [[Réunion]], [[Collectivity of Saint Martin|Saint Martin]]
* Germany: [[Büsingen am Hochrhein]], [[Helgoland]]
* Greece: [[Mount Athos]]
* Portugal: [[Azores]], [[Madeira]]

In addition to the territories above, the [[European Patent Convention]] has been extended by two member states participating in the [[Enhanced cooperation#Unitary patent|enhanced cooperation for a unitary patent]] to cover some of their dependent territories outside the European Union:<ref>[http://archive.epo.org/epo/pubs/oj013/04_13/04_2523.pdf Synopsis of the territorial field of application of international patent treaties (situation on 1 March 2013)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625213426/http://archive.epo.org/epo/pubs/oj013/04_13/04_2523.pdf |date=25 June 2014 }}, EPO OJ 4/2013, p. 269, footnote 3</ref> In following of those territories, the unitary patent is de facto extended through application of national (French, or Dutch) law:

* France: [[French Southern and Antarctic Lands]], [[Saint Barthélemy]], [[Saint-Pierre and Miquelon]] and [[Wallis and Futuna]]<ref name=EPO_FR/>
* Netherlands: [[Caribbean Netherlands]], [[Curaçao]], [[Sint Maarten]]<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2023-119.pdf|publisher=officielebekendmakingen.nl|language=Dutch|date=14 April 2023|title=Besluit van 3 april 2023, houdende vaststelling van het tijdstip van inwerkingtreding van artikel I, onderdelen A tot en met Z en BB, en artikel II, van de Rijkswet van 30 oktober 2019 tot wijziging van de Rijksoctrooiwet 1995 in verband met de Overeenkomst betreffende een eengemaakt octrooigerecht en Verordening (EU) nr. 1257/2012|issue=119|journal=Staatsblad}}</ref><ref name=EPO_NL>{{cite web|url=https://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/national-measures-up/en/iv/nl.htm?sm=c|work=EPO|access-date=24 April 2023|title=National measures relating to the Unitary Patent, Chapter IV: Netherlands|archive-date=24 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424203051/https://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/national-measures-up/en/iv/nl.htm?sm=c|url-status=dead}}</ref>

However, the unitary patent does not apply in the French territories [[French Polynesia]] and [[New Caledonia]] as implementing legislation would need to be passed by those jurisdictions (rather than the French national legislation required in the other territories) and this has not been done.<ref name=EPO_FR>{{cite web|url=https://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/national-measures-up/en/iv/fr.htm?sm=c|work=EPO|access-date=24 April 2023|title=National measures relating to the Unitary Patent, Chapter IV: France|archive-date=24 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424204556/https://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/national-measures-up/en/iv/fr.htm?sm=c|url-status=dead}}</ref>