The Community Patent
Proposal for a Council Regulation on the Community Patent. “Despite all odds, the present Czech EU Presidency has prepared another patent policy Document 8588/09 titled "Revised proposal for a Council Regulation on the Community patent". It conveys a revised Presidency proposal for a Council Regulation on the Community patent, based on recent discussions in the Working Party on Intellectual Property (Patents). Changes to the previous version of the proposal (Document 9465/08) are underlined. The Working Party will be invited to have a first exchange of views on this Working document at its meeting on 22 April 2009.
The Preamble of the revised text now not only mentiones that the EPO will play a central role in the administration of Community patents and will alone be responsible for examination of applications and the grant of Community patents but also introduces the planned European Patent Network.”
