Commissioner: Single EU patent in 5 years (Moldova.org)
Commissioner: Single EU patent in 5 years (Moldova.org)
The European Union could have a single patent system covering all 27 countries within five years, an EU commissioner said Thursday.Protecting intellectual property in Europe is insufficient at the moment to provide the necessary drive for the innovation that Europe so desperately needs, Enterprise and Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said at a patent forum in Munich, Germany.Small and …