Managing Intellectual Property

Survey: Western Europe: Patent reform prompts fundamental change

01 October 2001

Many European patent attorneys are facing the biggest changes of their careers as the Community Patent and Community IP Court loom on the horizon. While some will flourish, others will not survive, says James Nurton

Christer Fahreus knows the value of intellectual property. As the entrepreneur behind four innovative companies and inventor of many breakthrough technologies, he is one of Europe's foremost inventors in the electronics field. His companies have applied for some 400 patents, and Fahreus himself is named as inventor on up to 200 of them....



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