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United Kingdom EU member states agree on common patent laws, Italy and Spain sit out
Published on 10/03/2011
Efforts to simplify patent procedures across the EU have gone on for more than a decade. A proposal by the European Commission has moved forward with the approval of most member states, but legal barriers still loom.
