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Europe ducks ‘EU patent’ debate

February 7, 2011

They bottled it: EU leaders were due to talk about ways to improve Europe’s hotpotch intellectual property regime on Friday but thought better of it. The item was put on the afternoon agenda because industry ministers had decided before Christmas on the way forward. The trouble was that their plan for ‘enhanced cooperation’ means most… » read more

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Patent disaster

August 25, 2010

I despair. After decades of promising to fix Europe’s broken patent system, it seemed like a breakthrough was on the horizon. Political momentum was gathering. The Belgian Presidency, experienced in navigating legal and linguistic problems, promised to make it a priority. The European Commission says an affordable, streamlined patent regime is fundamental to long-term prosperity.… » read more

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National interests scuppering EU efforts in China

November 4, 2009

EU member states are undermining Europe’s power by pursuing their own interests – and China sees it this way too I broke a story today on the EU’s last-minute decision to scrap plans for an SME Centre in Beijing. The office would have helped European firms to do business in China. The reasons for the… » read more

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EU happy to ignore patent crisis

September 23, 2009

Patent reform shelved pending European Cout of Justice decision European member states have found a new excuse for their failure to agree on the community patent system which all are agreed is essential to the much-vaunted “knowledge economy”: the positive move to introduce a unified patent litigation system (UPLS) requires the opinion of the European… » read more

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