Brussels, 16/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - “We can but be pleased with the fresh impetus given to the political debate” on the future European patents policy, said Alain Pompidou, President of the European Patents Office (EPO), in Lisbon, during the annual EPO conference on its on-line services and products for the users of the European patents system.
According to Mr Pompidou, the problem of dispute settlement in the patents field remains an obstacle to the legal security of European...