11/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - The London Agreement, which simplifies requirements on translation of European patents granted by the European Patents Office (EPO) in Munich, will come into effect on 1 May in nine countries (Denmark, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Monaco, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom). At the end of January, France deposited the instrument of ratification with the German authorities, the last precondition for its coming into effect. The London...