New hope for Community patent
16 January 2006
Predictions of the demise of the Community patent may prove premature, after EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy launched a consultation on January 16
Predictions of the demise of the Community patent may prove premature, after EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy launched a consultation on January 16.
Many supporters of a single Community patent, which would allow patentees to obtain protection across the 25 EU countries with one application, believed the plans had been abandoned in May 2004, after member states failed to agree on the details.
But, launching a consultation on EU patent policy, McCreevy emphasized that the Commission wants to make the single market for patents a reality: "I am asking businesses and individuals alike to give me their...
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