PATENT INSURANCE
October 1st, 2002
BY ALAN OSBORNTHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is slowly moving towards the setting up of a compulsory insurance scheme that would support inventors and innovators in pursuing legal claims against patent infringers. At present many patents, especially those taken out by individuals and small companies, are openly violated by companies who gamble that the holder has neither the resources nor expertise to mount the necessary legal challenge.The outlines of an EU-wide scheme to combat this, drawn up by the Danish government and the European Commission, were discussed by ...
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