EU PATENT : PRESIDENCY THROWS IN TOWEL ON LITIGATION COURT.

The question of the seat of the central division of the future European patent litigation court system is scuppering the proposal for the European patent once again. The Polish Minister for European and Economic Affairs, Mikolaj Dowgielewicz, acknowledged the failure, on 16 December 2011, of the negotiations on the question of the location of the seat of the central division.

"We have our backs to the wall: one or two member states are not willing to compromise and there will not be a breakthrough before the end of our Presidency," he regretted.

IMPASSE

The 25 ministers whose capitals are committed to enhanced cooperation on the future unitary European patent protection (Italy and Spain are opposed to the translation rules and are not participating) ended up in an impasse, at the Competitiveness Council on 5...

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