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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10406

28 June 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/patents
Way is clear for further debate

Brussels, 27/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - At the extraordinary meeting of the Competitiveness Council in Luxembourg on Monday 27 June, the ministers of 25 member states agreed to pursue enhanced cooperation with a view to setting up a unitary patent system in Europe. Only Italy and Spain opposed this initiative, believing themselves victims of discrimination as a result of the proposed translation system and believing use of enhanced cooperation to be illegal (see EUROPE 10389). The debate will...

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