Brussels, 14/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 19 February, EU competititveness ministers will endorse an international agreement to set up a court to deal with EU patent disputes.
After the deadlock was broken in December, the ministers will sign an official agreement on creation of a patent court, the final outstanding point in the European Union's patent system (see EUROPE 10749). All EU member states apart from Spain, which refuses to join the “enhanced cooperation” mechanism on...