Traduction de «lead patenting » (Anglais → Français) :

whereas, in particular, this enhanced cooperation may be regarded as furthering the Union's objectives, protecting its interests and reinforcing its integration process within the meaning of Article 20 TEU, in the light of the Commission's impact assessment in connection with its above-mentioned 2010 proposal for a regulation on the translation arrangements for the European Union patent, which pointed to the lack of a unitary patent providing protection across the entire EU leading to a fragmented patent system; whereas this fragmentation is caused by the high costs and complexity of validating European patents in individual Member Stat ...[+++]es, which can amount to 40 % of the overall costs of patenting in Europe; whereas the creation of unitary patent protection for a group of Member States would improve the level of patent protection by making it possible to obtain uniform patent protection throughout the territories of the participating Member States and would eliminate the costs and complexity for those territories, thus fostering scientific and technological advances and the functioning of the internal market,

Substantive patent law harmonisation would simplify patent processing, facilitate greater work sharing activities between patent offices, and could ultimately lead to mutual recognition of granted patents between offices.

Making a Community patent system a reality and improving the current procedures for resolving disputes should, together with supporting measures, make the patent system more accessible and lead to savings for all involved.

In accordance with the mandate adopted by the intergovernmental conference of the member states of the European Patent Organisation in Paris on 24 and 25 June 1999, two working parties were set up to carry out the preparatory work for a reform of the patent system in Europe, particularly with a view to reducing the cost and lead time involved in the granting of a patent, and for the harmonisation of litigation relating to the Community patent.

[11] According to the French delegation in the working party on reducing the costs of the European patent, filing only with the Office would lead to a saving of approximately 30% of the total costs associated with translations of an average European patent (document WRP/11/99, of 18 November 1999).

The granting of Community patents is liable to lead to litigation between private individuals, particularly as regards the validity and infringement of patents granted.