MEPs and Council to discuss unitary patent next week

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MEPs and Council to discuss unitary patent next week

Managing IP Correspondent
November 25 2011

MEPs have been given a mandate by Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee to negotiate an EU patent package made up of three proposals (unitary patent, language regime and unified patent court) on November 30.

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