Brussels, 29/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - The economic and financial crisis could provide an excellent opportunity to tackle the current fragmentation in the patents system in Europe which is undermining European competitiveness compared with its international competitors, says Bruno van Pottelsberghe in a study published by the Bruegel think tank on Monday 29 June. The author puts forward a number of recommendations that would allow Europe to give its current system a more European dimension:...