After 40 years of back and forth, 2011 could finally be the year when a single patent law covering a multitude of European countries is introduced. But we’re talking about Europe, after all, and not everyone’s playing ball. Mark Young reports.
By applying to the European Patent Office (EPO), companies and individuals get can get patents registered in up to 40 countries with one application. Yet the process remains highly convoluted and costly. “There’s an awful lot of bureaucracy involved,” surmises Paul Foot, a chartered and european patent attorney and partner at UK law firm Withers…
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