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Home / / EUROPE CALLS FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY PATENT HARMONISATION

EUROPE CALLS FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY PATENT HARMONISATION


Here’s one the IPKat missed, via Outlaw. The European Commission has published an action plan aimed at keeping the EU ahead of the game in the field of nanotechnology. Among the proposals are a patent monitoring system for nanotechnologies and nanosciences and a proposal to harmonise the patent application processes of the EPO, the US and Japan in applications concerning nanotechnologies and nanosciences.

The IPKat isn’t sure he likes proposals for patent harmonisation based on such a highly focused area of technology. He’s also not sure whether the other countries will be keen on harmonising their law to enable the EU to compete more efficiently.

More nanotechnology here, here and here
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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousWednesday, 22 June 2005 at 20:31:00 GMT+1

    I agree that patent law should be as universal as possible. Also, it's far from clear that any special adaptation for nanotechnology is needed. But special adaptations for nanotechnology will at any rate be better than a special protection system for it.

    Let's hope that the European Parliament doesn't get the idea that nanotechnology should be made unpatentable, or as difficult as possible to patent. (That's its current view on software and computer technology.)

    Michael Harman

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