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Reform of Europe's patent system moves a step closer
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| Changes to Europe's costly and fragmented patent system have edged a step
| closer after EU industry ministers agreed formally to ask the European Court
| of Justice for its opinion on a potential overhaul.
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| Ministers, meeting in Brussels yesterday, said they would consult Europe's
| top court on the legality under EU law of introducing specialist courts to
| handle patent disputes along with a so-called "community patent".
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| The latter - which would be a single intellectual property right that would
| apply across Europe - has been an elusive goal for decades.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cc4715a4-4be8-11de-b827-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
EU states consult top court on patent litigation
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| European Union states agreed on Thursday to ask the bloc's top court whether
| draft plans to cut the cost of defending patents in a new system of courts
| would be compatible with EU law.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8530149
“Staff at the European Patent Office went on strike accusing the organization
of corruption: specifically, stretching the standards for patents in order to
make more money.”
“One of the ways that the EPO has done this is by issuing software patents in
defiance of the treaty that set it up.”
--Richard Stallman
Protests against EPO corruption:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oeWg2zPlaPE
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ROVOE-T9uQU
Lisbon Treaty fiasco:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kr0Foq3CQE&NR=1
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