Germany holds up the European patent law; business cost to remain high
FirstpostYears in the planning, the new law would set up patent courts in EU member states that would allow patentholders to seek redress for any infringements in their own countries, even if they occurred in another EU country. Germany’s constitutional court has held up a European patent law that would have allowed inventors in any member country to easily challenge patent violations in any other EU country, a spokeswoman said on Monday. Years in the planning, the new law would set up patent courts in EU member states that would allow patent holders to seek redress for any infringements in their own countries, even if they occurred in another EU country. The German decision to hold up implementation of the common system means a lost opportunity, at least temporarily, for business to lower their costs because they must continue defending their patents inexpensive cross-border legal proceedings in different member states.
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