Journalists know that most officials tend to downplay potential problems. So when both the president of the EPO and its head of patent law and international affairs acknowledge the difficulties in agreeing a fee structure for the unitary patent, we know they really mean it
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Nick Groombridge shares how an accidental turn into patent law informed his approach to building a practice based on flexibility and balancing client and practitioner needs
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