Brussels, 12/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Irish EU Presidency was undeniably excessively optimistic when it hinted, early this week, that an agreement was possible on the thorny issue of Community patent during the Competitiveness Council on 11 March. On Thursday evening, in fact, it has only been able to note yet again that even a "finishing line" meeting would not be able to clear up all the differences, mainly between Germany and Spain, on the language that should prevail in justice for...