MEPs on EPLA

MEPs adopted a resolution on the future of European patents by 494 votes in favour, 109 against and 18 abstentions, in which they want to postpone any decision on whether to approve the Community accession to the European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA), and called for "significant improvements" of the text. During the debate held in Strasbourg on 28 September, Commissioner McCreevy advocated the ratification of the Agreement saying it would make the European patent system more effective.

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