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1 DECISION of the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court of 9 February 2026 concerning an appeal against a decision concerning an Application to annul a decision of the Office to reject a request for unitary effect (R. 97 RoP) HEADNOTE Article 3(1) of Regulation 1257/2012 cannot be interpreted to allow registration of unitary effect for a granted European patent which does not include the designation of one of the participating Member States. KEYWORDS - Registration of unitary effect - Article 3(2) of Regulation 1257/2012 APPELLANT (AND APPLICANT BEFORE THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE) PAPST LICENSING GmbH & Co. KG, St. Georgen, Germany (hereinafter: Papst Licensing) represented by Patent attorney Jan Gigerich, IPCGS Gigerich Sedlmaier, Munich, Germany RESPONDENT (AND RESPONDENT BEFORE TH ...