Comments on: Next Steps and further Problems ahead for EU Patent Package http://blog.ksnh.eu/en/2012/07/01/next-steps-and-further-problems-ahead-for-eu-patent-package/ Intellectual Property Observations Thu, 14 Nov 2013 21:31:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: JURI Committee considers Council version of Unitary Patent Regulation infringing EU Primary Law and leaves for Summer Break | ksnh::law http://blog.ksnh.eu/en/2012/07/01/next-steps-and-further-problems-ahead-for-eu-patent-package/#comment-791 JURI Committee considers Council version of Unitary Patent Regulation infringing EU Primary Law and leaves for Summer Break | ksnh::law Wed, 11 Jul 2012 07:05:28 +0000 http://blog.ksnh.eu/en/?p=3186#comment-791 [...] of the EU Parliament in general and those of its legal committee (JURI) in particular (see here and here), the direction in which today’s JURI meeting would go was not utterly hard to [...] [...] of the EU Parliament in general and those of its legal committee (JURI) in particular (see here and here), the direction in which today’s JURI meeting would go was not utterly hard to [...]

]]> By: Unitary Patent: Political Struggle and Shift of Competence towards Central Division | ksnh::law http://blog.ksnh.eu/en/2012/07/01/next-steps-and-further-problems-ahead-for-eu-patent-package/#comment-737 Unitary Patent: Political Struggle and Shift of Competence towards Central Division | ksnh::law Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:43:01 +0000 http://blog.ksnh.eu/en/?p=3186#comment-737 [...] As reported here and elsewhere [1, 2, 3], the European Council agreed on the EU Unitary Patent and a EU Unified Patent Court at last week’s Brussels EU summit after volatile negotiations – by ‘suggesting’ two significant amendments (see summit conclusion, page 2, item 3) as compared to what was know from the latest available draft text of the Unitary Patent Regulation dated 23 June 2011 (see here and here). [...] [...] As reported here and elsewhere [1, 2, 3], the European Council agreed on the EU Unitary Patent and a EU Unified Patent Court at last week’s Brussels EU summit after volatile negotiations – by ‘suggesting’ two significant amendments (see summit conclusion, page 2, item 3) as compared to what was know from the latest available draft text of the Unitary Patent Regulation dated 23 June 2011 (see here and here). [...]

]]> By: Stormy Weather Ahead: Unitary Patent, ACTA in European Parliament | ksnh::law http://blog.ksnh.eu/en/2012/07/01/next-steps-and-further-problems-ahead-for-eu-patent-package/#comment-716 Stormy Weather Ahead: Unitary Patent, ACTA in European Parliament | ksnh::law Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:14:12 +0000 http://blog.ksnh.eu/en/?p=3186#comment-716 [...] Parliament simply will swallow the pill prescribed by the European Council last week; see e.g. here and [...] [...] Parliament simply will swallow the pill prescribed by the European Council last week; see e.g. here and [...]

]]> By: Peter Lustig http://blog.ksnh.eu/en/2012/07/01/next-steps-and-further-problems-ahead-for-eu-patent-package/#comment-714 Peter Lustig Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:23:21 +0000 http://blog.ksnh.eu/en/?p=3186#comment-714 Despite what the unleached propaganda in the press wants to make the public believe, it is completely doubtful whether an agreement can be reached. It will be interesting to see how politics want to get out of this mess which they have caused, this rather looks like an inescapable trap. The first MEPs have already complained about the "agreement" reached on Friday, cf. http://jutta-steinruck.blogspot.de/2012/07/eu-patent-nachste-woche-im.html. On her blog, German MEP Jutta Steinruck (S&D) comments (expressly giving this statement as being the position of the German Socialist party!): "By its one-sided revocation of the negotiation result reached in the trilogue, the Council has broken its word. The Socialist Members of the (German) Parliament criticize this approach sharply. It is now completely open how to deal with this situation." The result reached on Friday confirms one thing very clearly: The politicians in charge of the negotiations on the UPLS have no idea what they are talking about, the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing! Despite what the unleached propaganda in the press wants to make the public believe, it is completely doubtful whether an agreement can be reached. It will be interesting to see how politics want to get out of this mess which they have caused, this rather looks like an inescapable trap.

The first MEPs have already complained about the “agreement” reached on Friday, cf. http://jutta-steinruck.blogspot.de/2012/07/eu-patent-nachste-woche-im.html. On her blog, German MEP Jutta Steinruck (S&D) comments (expressly giving this statement as being the position of the German Socialist party!):

“By its one-sided revocation of the negotiation result reached in the trilogue, the Council has broken its word. The Socialist Members of the (German) Parliament criticize this approach sharply. It is now completely open how to deal with this situation.”

The result reached on Friday confirms one thing very clearly: The politicians in charge of the negotiations on the UPLS have no idea what they are talking about, the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing!

]]> By: Gibus http://blog.ksnh.eu/en/2012/07/01/next-steps-and-further-problems-ahead-for-eu-patent-package/#comment-705 Gibus Sun, 01 Jul 2012 17:04:51 +0000 http://blog.ksnh.eu/en/?p=3186#comment-705 Please don't misunderstand me. First I'm not an "anti-patent" campaigner. I'm against software patents, but for the unitary patent, I think I've proposed some attempt to give legal certainty to the regulation. Which is not obviously the main concern for European Council. Also, I've never said that it is the end of the road. Just that with articles 6-8 removed, the whole project is sure to be nullified. And I'm not the only one saying this, see <a href="https://www.unitary-patent.eu/content/why-european-council-has-killed-any-workable-eu-patent" rel="nofollow">Why the European Council has killed any workable EU patent</a>. For what I've read, we share the same analysis on deletion of arts 6-8, don't we? Please don’t misunderstand me. First I’m not an “anti-patent” campaigner. I’m against software patents, but for the unitary patent, I think I’ve proposed some attempt to give legal certainty to the regulation. Which is not obviously the main concern for European Council.

Also, I’ve never said that it is the end of the road. Just that with articles 6-8 removed, the whole project is sure to be nullified.

And I’m not the only one saying this, see Why the European Council has killed any workable EU patent.

For what I’ve read, we share the same analysis on deletion of arts 6-8, don’t we?

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