Managing Intellectual Property

Make or break for Community patent

20 October 2008

James Nurton, London

European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy said last week that progress on patent reform “requires the acceptance of political realities and pragmatic solutions”

Speaking at a conference in Strasbourg organised by the French presidency of the EU, the Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services reaffirmed his belief in the need for both a Community patent and unified patent litigation system to benefit European SMEs.

"Now, what is needed most...



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