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02 October 2006

European Commissioner comments on unified European patent litigation system

Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for Internal Markets and Services, has said that he recognises that there are legitimate doubts and concerns about having a unified European patent litigation system. However, he said that a unified system is needed:

We need to find a unified system which provides judicial independence, gives clarity and reliability to patent users while avoiding both over-centralisation and fragmentation.

Mr McCreevy made the remarks in an European Parliament Plenary Session on 28 September 2006. Read his speech here.

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