Whither the EU patent?
This article was originally published in SRA
Executive Summary
It's been a big week for watchers of the patent scene, with major (some would say historic) upheavals in prospect on both sides of the Atlantic. Not only is the US patent system poised to shift from a first-to-invent to a first-to-file system, but the EU is forging ahead with fresh plans for a single patent amid great legal and political uncertainty.