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Towards a Patent Reform in Europe
Author(s) -
Martinez Feli
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the journal of world intellectual property
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1747-1796
pISSN - 1422-2213
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1796.2001.tb00136.x
Subject(s) - citation , european patent office , library science , political science , law , computer science
This article analyses the advantages and disadvantages of the different patent systems that coexist in Europe and examines the recently launched proposal for a European Council Regulation on the Community patent in light of the shortcoming of the existing systems. The European Commission has sought the coexistent of the Community, European and national patent systems. This option does not eliminate distortions in the European internal market but may have been the only feasible optio n under high uncertainty regarding the socially optimal rate of innovation and the responsiveness of socially useful innovation to changes in patent law provisions.