Brussels, 28/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 27 January, the committee on legal affairs of the European Parliament gave its approval to the proposed decision (dating from December 2010) authorising reinforced cooperation to create a unitary patent system (EUROPE 10277). The rapporteur on this dossier is Klaus-Heiner Lehne.
Twelve countries of the EU (Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom, Slovenia and Sweden) are...