Europe-wide patent

Europe-wide patent

The expression Europe-wide patent may refer either to
* the Community patent, a European Union project to create a unitary patent in all EU member states; or to
* European patents, granted by the European Patent Office under to the European Patent Convention, the enforcement of which is dealt with before national courts.


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