Deadlock on Community Patent. Patently unclear

The proposed regulation creating a Community patent foundered again at the March 2004 Competitiveness Council meeting, despite unanimous political agreement reached a year before. Frustration is mounting at the continued absence of progress on a measure explicitly needed if the Lisbon objective is to be met.

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http://www.cordis.lu/itt/itt-en/04-3/policy03.htm http://www.cordis.lu/itt/itt-en/04-3/policy03.htm

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