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EU insists court decision won't delay European patent

by Andrew Willis, Brussels,

The European Commission and Hungarian EU presidency remained brave-faced on Tuesday (8 March), after the European Court of Justice dealt a blow to region's hopes of quickly establishing a single European patent system.

The bloc has adopted a two-pronged approach so far: aiming firstly to replace a costly system of multiple national patents by a single European patent; coupled with a new European patent court to resolve related legal challenges.

But the patent court hit a stumbli...

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Judges opposed current plans for a European patent court (Photo: TPCOM)

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