Brussels, 04/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 4 December, EU economy ministers reached partial political agreement by qualified majority on the draft regulation setting up a European Union patent (this designation replacing the Community patent). The issue of language, which has deadlocked discussions for years, refuses to go away. A unanimous decision will be arrived at, perhaps in 2010, on the basis of a specific legislative proposal from the European Commission. Definitive adoption of...