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Several EU Members Push for Unified Patent System

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By James DeGiulio -- Earlier this year, we reported that the European Union was on the verge of adopting a new patent system that would create a unified patent and patent court (see "Europe Takes Step Closer to Single EU Patent and Patent Court"). However, the 30-year push to unify the European Union patent system will continue, as ministers from the EU's 27 member states could not reach the unanimous approval needed to enact the system at a November meeting in Brussels. Frustrated with the repeated failure to pass the new system, the 23 EU members that support the European...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on December 31, 2010 (boomark / email).