After opposing ACTA, will Poland also turn against EU Unitary Patent?
After opposing ACTA, will Poland also turn against EU Unitary Patent?

Visae Patentes | 21. März 2012 — ... against the translation agreement in Poland does not fall from the sky but is consistent with the Polish opposition against the adoption of a language regime according to Art. 14 EPC (DE, EN, FR) when the country was among the most reluctant countries together with Spain and …

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JURI votes for EU Patent Package Today - But What Exacly is at Stake?

Visae Patentes | 20. Dezember 2011 — European Parliament, Strasbourg, France, Home of JURI Today's meeting of the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) will see the votes on the different parts of the so called EU Patent Package. According to the draft agenda the voting time is set to 10.00 to 12.30 and will cov…

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Some End-of-Year Observation on the EU Patent and the EU Patent Court
Some End-of-Year Observation on the EU Patent and the EU Patent Court

Visae Patentes | 22. Dezember 2010 — ... applications in any other EU official language, whereas the costs for translation into one of the official languages would be eligible for compensation. ... a whole. And as to the language regime: the EU patent should ... at his expense; into an official language of the EU Memb…

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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 — ... Council meeting of 10 November 2010 that, due to the controversy regarding a commonly accepted language regime, "there will never be unamity on a EU patent" (see this post and the ... a diminished EU patent based on the 'Munich' three languages system, as proposed by the European Commission on…

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The Next Attempt Towards a Cheaper EU Patent - This Time Without Spain and Italy
The Next Attempt Towards a Cheaper EU Patent - This Time Without Spain and Italy

Visae Patentes | 26. November 2010 — ... EU patent failed because of diverting attitudes among the member states towards the language regime. The disappointing result of the extraordinary Competitiveness Council of 10 November 2010, ... in one of the three official EPO languages (English, French, German), whereas - apart from a ..…

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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 — ... I reported on the Belgian Presidency's latest compromise text for a EU patent language regime based on documents 5395/10 and 15395/10 ADD1 of 8 and 9 ... fact that the Lisbon treaty requres unanimity in all language issues, "other avenues in the (Lisbon) treaty" ... most likely would be reduce…

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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 — ... to the deadlock between the trilingiual language regime as proposed by the EU ... alternative solutions, such as the multilingual language system supported by Spain and Italy ... French or German, whereas the permanten regime, upon which English, French and ... become the three fully-fled…

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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 — ... status reserved for their respective languages in the current system, which ... as "absolutely incompatible" the trilingual regime proposed by the Commission and ... solution could involve a five-language regime, where Italian and Spanish ... also sceptical about the three-languag…

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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 — ... of machine translations into all EU languages is an indispensable element of ... Council of the EPO. A language regime following these central claims ... technological research and publications", whatever language that might be. At this ... to file applications in their own language …

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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 — ... to patents: Europe's intellectual property regime needs to be modernised. Agreement ... non-paper suggests an alternative language regime to overcome the opposition ... published in this (legally binding) language including translations of the claims ... the remaing two EPO official lan…

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Latest Positions from Patent Judges' Symposium, EPO, EU Authorities, and AIPPI on Language Regime and Legal Compatibility of EEUPC

Visae Patentes | 25. September 2010 — ... of the future EEUPC and the proposed language regime for the EU patent ( ... a "valuable contribution to solving the language issue [...] blocking progress on the EU ... 30 years". As to the crucial language issue, the European Commission published a ... be properly translated in three offi…

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Latest Positions from Patent Judges' Symposium, EPO, EU Authorities, and AIPPI on Language Regime and Legal Compatibility of EEUPC

Visae Patentes | 25. September 2010 — ... of the future EEUPC and the proposed language regime for the EU patent. ... a "valuable contribution to solving the language issue [...] blocking progress on the EU ... 30 years". As to the crucial language issue, the European Commission published a ... be properly translated in three offic…

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