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Intellectual Property and Competition Law
Intellectual Property and Competition Law
The Unitary Patent Package: Twelve Reasons for Concern
The Unitary Patent Package: Twelve Reasons for Concern 2012, 5
Auch veröffentlicht in: CIPA Journal, 2012, H. 10, 553 - 555
A balanced, innovation-friendly and uniform patent system is indispensable for Europe. However, the latest EU proposal for a patent package (Patent Regulation and flanking court system) is both dangerous and misguided. While a superficial glance may create the false impression of a patent law advancement through the proposal, it instead actually threatens to forestall the necessary legal progress and innovation capacities for the foreseeable future. It might prove disastrous to implement a patent system which is already known to be detrimental from both the legal as well as the innovation perspectives. This paper provides a short introduction to the major reasons for concern regarding the current proposals and explains why it is imperative to reconsider the proposals entirely afresh.