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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8545

19 September 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 49
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/patents
November agreement for Community patent?

Brussels, 18/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Italian Presidency hopes to reach an agreement in November on the creation of a Community patent, which has been on the table for twenty-eight years. On Monday, it will present a report on the state of progress of work to the Competitiveness Council. Current negotiations are essentially on the time required for translating patents, the language of reference and the conditions for granting compulsory licences when a patent is not used by the right...

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