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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8215

22 May 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/patent
Council adopts conclusions on Community Patent, but without reaching political compromise on question of competent jurisdiction

Brussels, 21/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - After long discussions over dinner and into the afternoon, the Internal Market Council on Tuesday adopted conclusions on the Community patent although Member States have still not agreed on issues hanging for several months now, like the language system to be used for the patent and the competent jurisdiction. The Council President, Ramon de Miguel, was pleased at being able to agree on conclusions, but recognised that agreement on the patent could not...

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