Patent fixes for Europe

摘要

The European Union (EU) is a market of 500 million people. An efficient patent system for Europe would stimulate innovation in both new and existing firms and improve knowledge transfer from universities. A patent that is automatically valid Europe-wide could create a market for technology to rival that of the United States.rnThe current two-layer European patent system hinders the growth of creative institutions and ventures by being costly, inefficient and unpredictable.