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Advocates-general pinpoint problems in Commission’s draft

By Sophie Mosca | 01 September 2010

The EU executive’s draft on the European and Community Patents Court requires substantial changes, according to the advocates-general of the Court of Justice, who gave their answer in July to the Council’s June request for an opinion (Opinion 01/09). The weaknesses are nonetheless not a threat...

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