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07-12-2006
Patent translation: a situation report
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London, UK (LW): A major barrier to bringing one’s patent into force around Europe is the high cost of translation. Fairly recently, however, various states signed up to the London Agreement proposing a single language should be acceptable throughout Europe; namely the language in which the patent was prosecuted, which can only be one of English, French or German. Initially, it seemed that the London Agreement was also doomed to failure due to strong opposition from the French, but it now seems there may be movement on this issue.
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