Innovative companies could see a dramatic reduction in the cost of patenting new inventions, if a controversial European Commission plan is adopted by EU governments. The new rules could pave the way for a single European patent to be issued in one of just three languages – English, French or German.
The move is designed to make translation costs 20 times cheaper and
promises to bring to a close a long-running language dispute which has
scuppered efforts to streamline Europe's expensive patent system.
However, the decision to examine and grant patents in the three languages currently used by the European Patent Office (EPO) could cause friction with Spain and Italy who are unhappy with the preferential treatment given to English, French and German.
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