COMMUNITY PATENT
March 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLA POLITICAL compromise has been struck that should clear the establishment of a new European Union (EU) 'Community Patent' which would be simpler and easier to acquire than via existing national and European Patent Office systems. Supporters of a simple EU patent are likely to be disappointed by the deal however, as it includes complicated translation rules; the European Commission, for instance, had originally proposed that Community patents should be written in one language. However, the EU Council of Ministers has decided that once a Community ...
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