Three-city patent court gets nod from EU leaders
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 - 04:30
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org) -- A one-stop panEuropean patent court system with functions divided among three cities is now in the wings, bringing Europe a new day for a single European patent system. After a decision left dangling over arguments over which country should house the court, EU leaders reached their decision on Friday at a council meeting to just spread the activities among three European centers. In March last year, ministers from 25 member states made plans to introduce a common system for registering patents, without Spain and Italy, which opposed the plan.