Just over a year after a controversial proposal to harmonise EU patent laws was shelved indefinitely, the European Commission will present a new patents plan on Thursday. But the European Parliament has already taken out its arms and is ready to fight the plan.
EU internal market commissioner Charlie McCreevy will on Thursday (28 September) present his plan for a single patent law in Europe to MEPs in Strasbourg.
The proposed agreement is set to harmonise patent laws across the EU...
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