tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post7948730703144092894..comments2024-03-18T17:10:35.838+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Europe burns with impatience, while heat is turned up on PizzaVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-585171574125391332010-11-26T13:08:19.812+00:002010-11-26T13:08:19.812+00:00Surprisingly, Spain is no longer insisting that Sp...<i>Surprisingly, Spain is no longer insisting that Spanish also be an official patent language, while Poland took Italy's side and requested another round of negotiations.</i><br /><br />I wish the journalist had elaborated a bit more on the Spanish position, because this is either very surprising, or not a change of position at all. After all, Spain had brought forward with Italy the "English-only" option, so that, in theory, it was already no longer insisting on Spanish.<br /><br />Of course, considering that this "English-only" proposal remained studiously vague, in particular with respect to how it could be reconciled with the European Patent Convention, it was obviously more a spoiling maneuver than a serious proposal, especially since the Spanish delegation had plenty of trouble staying "on message" and regularly reverted to demanding Spanish as a prosecution language and/or compulsory translations to Spanish of all granted EU patents.<br /><br />Of course, there's the possibility that there isn't any coherent Spanish position at all, the current Spanish government not being reputed for having a particularly solid grasp of complex issues or a consistent approach to problems...or perhaps it's just that there's a growing perception that this is not the moment to annoy Angela Merkel...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-37449205734109598732010-11-26T11:28:58.596+00:002010-11-26T11:28:58.596+00:00Jeremy,
I agree that the speed of change is not r...Jeremy,<br /><br />I agree that the speed of change is not really an issue, but the time and resources wasted over the last 40 years in trying to make the EU patent system cheaper and more efficient/legallly certain etc(insert relevant policy maker's jargon as appropriate) is becoming a bit of a joke.<br /><br />Interesting that Italy has moved to the blocking position though - a tag team move with Spain from the meeting earlier this month, in order to delay a "failure to agree" motion by Council (necessary for enhanced cooperation)? Who knows....Davenoreply@blogger.com