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Friday's Competitiveness Council Meeting will be Decisive for EU Patent
Friday's Competitiveness Council Meeting will be Decisive for EU Patent

Visae Patentes | 7. Dezember 2010 — ... and has a long tradition as major lever (some say horse trading) in EU decision processes. This attempt will be the very final chance of the Belgian Presidency to effect some essential move towards a (somehow) unified EU patent, before Hungary and then Poland will take over, both countries hav…

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Belgian Presidency Finds Things Clear Now: There will Never be Unanimity on an EU Patent
Belgian Presidency Finds Things Clear Now: There will Never be Unanimity on an EU Patent

Visae Patentes | 11. November 2010 — ... Van Quickenborne on the press conference of 10 Nov 2010] Two days ago I reported on the Belgian Presidency's latest compromise text for a EU patent language regime based on documents 5395/10 and ... Competitiveness Council on 10 November 2010. The results of the brave Belgian attempt…

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New Proposal for EU Patent Language Regime by Belgian Presidency to be Discussed Tomorrow
New Proposal for EU Patent Language Regime by Belgian Presidency to be Discussed Tomorrow

Visae Patentes | 9. November 2010 — ... (non-paper) proposed by the Belgian EU Presidency was "not considered sufficient ... deadlock" by the parties, whereas the Belgian Presidency was reported to not ... compromise text proposed by the Belgiam Presidency, which is hoped to have ... period has ended. Apparently, the Beligian Pr…

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Belgian Compromise not Sufficient to Remove Deadlock on EU Patent Language Regime

Visae Patentes | 12. Oktober 2010 —Refering to an article on the well informed EurActiv network, the meeting of the Competitiveness Council held in Luxembourg on 11 and 12 October 2010 did not bring any improvement to the deadlock between the trilingiual language regime proposed by the EU Commission, as supported by e.g. France and G…

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Belgian Compromise not Sufficient to Remove Deadlock on EU Patent Language Regime (updated)
Belgian Compromise not Sufficient to Remove Deadlock on EU Patent Language Regime (updated)

Visae Patentes | 12. Oktober 2010 — ... -skeched national interest. However, the Belgian Presidency is still confident that ... EUpatent, as expressed by the Belgian minister in charge of the ... result in legal uncertainty. The Presidency has received sufficient encouragement to ... an enhanced cooperation, but the Pre…

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EU Committee Gives Political Orientation With Regard to Belgian Presidency's Proposal for EU Patent Language Regime

Visae Patentes | 11. Oktober 2010 —Blessing Madonna, stained glass window in Strasbourg Cathedral featuring the twelve EU stars. As reported earlier, the Belgian EU Presidency put a non-paper on the table at the informal Competitiveness Council of 29 September 2010 to seeks a break-trough in the negotiations for the EU patent and the…

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EU Committee Gives Political Orientation With Regard to Belgian Presidency's Proposal for EU Patent Language Regime (updated)
EU Committee Gives Political Orientation With Regard to Belgian Presidency's Proposal for EU Patent Language Regime (updated)

Visae Patentes | 11. Oktober 2010 — ... the compromise suggested by the Belgian EU Presidency. The document tells us ... on the compromise text by the Belgian Presidency in that the Council ... yesterday's article on EurAktiv the Belgian compromise proposal is described as ... However, the compromise proposed by the Belgia…

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EU Commission presents "Innovation Union" Initiative as Belgian Presidency seeks Break-Through in EEUPC Language Issue

Visae Patentes | 8. Oktober 2010 —According to a recent press release, the European Commission published a Communication entitled “Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative Innovation Union”, which identifies ten key points required for turning Europe into a true "Innovation Union". Beside a number of structural and financial point to foster…

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EU Commission presents
EU Commission presents "Innovation Union" Initiative as Belgian Presidency seeks Break-Through in EEUPC Language Issue (updated)

Visae Patentes | 8. Oktober 2010 — ... in December this year. Meanwhile, it has been reported that the current Belgian EU Presidency seeks a break-trough in the negotiations for the EU patent and ... latest proposal. According to the compromise of the Belgian Presidency, English French and German would remain the ... Tuesday, 11 a…

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EU Commission's Proposal for EU Patent Language Regime is Doomed to Fail

Visae Patentes | 1. Juli 2010 — ... , it is speculated on the IPJur blog, that it is no accident that the language proposal was published exactly just on the first day of Belgian EU Presidency, since the outgoing presidency had been controlled by the Spanish Government, and that is the instance that pleases itself by some sort o…

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