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McCreevy calls for patent reforms
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Speaking at the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce on 30 May, he said: "A market with twenty-seven sets of national IP rules is tailor made to segment markets and limit the rewards to innovation."
Commissioner McCreevy, who is responsible for the Internal Market and Services, said that "promoting innovation to maintain our global position in the face of tough competition from emerging economies" is one of the top five priorities guiding the single market.
"We are working with governments and businesses across the European Union to secure agreement to a Community patent, which would grant innovators IP protection throughout the single market," he said.
"We are also working to establish a unified jurisdictional system for litigating patents in Europe. Such a system should bring more legal certainty. It should also simplify the patent litigation landscape and render the patent system more attractive to users."
The comments echoed Commission Vice-President Günter Verheuegen's statement to the European Patent Forum in April that "an incomplete European patent system puts European businesses at a competitive disadvantage".
At the same meeting, Commissioner Verheugen said he expected the Community Patent to become reality "in the next five years".
Speaking in Nicosia, Commissioner McCreevy said that the central question is "how we remain competitive; how Europe can deliver the new jobs and growth over the long term".
"As the Commission and the European Council have made clear - in our shared Lisbon goals - Europe's future prosperity rests on knowledge and innovation," he said.
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News: 20.4.2007 "An incomplete European patent system puts European businesses at a competitive disadvantage"