27/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) is an umbrella group for more than 3000 SMEs supported by Microsoft and eBay. It has welcomed the adoption by the European Commission of a Council recommendation asking for a negotiating mandate for the creation of a special court to settle European patent disputes and, over time, Community patents as well (see Europe 9864). “This is a small victory for SMEs who have long been fighting for a European patent...