Brussels to renew drive to bring in EU-wide patent

Article previews the launch on 16 January 2006 of a European Union initiative to help European companies obtain better protection for their intellectual property.

European Commission: DG Internal Market: Industrial Property: Patents including Community Patent http://ec.europa.eu/comm/internal_market/en/indprop/patent/index.htm

European Commission: Press Release: IP/06/38: Internal Market: Commission asks industry and other stakeholders for their views on future patent policy (16.1.06) http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/38&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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