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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8684

14 April 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 42
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission adopts new licensing regulation (software copyrights, patents)

Brussels, 13/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - As we announced earlier, the European Commission has adopted new arrangements for application of competition policy to technology transfer agreements (granting patent licenses, know-how and software copyright), in the aim of reducing red tape and increasing legal security for businesses. This system is part of the broad reform undertaken by the Commission with regard to the competition rules which are to take effect on 1 May this year.

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