Science|Business
Policy Analysis: IP, Policy
Published: 18 June 2012
How the US and EU can boost trade - through a harmonised patent system

Richard L. Hudson, Science|Business

New laws on both sides of the Atlantic are changing the way patents will work. A Science|Business conference in Washington May 7 examined how this historic convergence could help inventors - and the economy


Randall R. Rader, Chief Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and James Pooley, WIPO Deputy Director General at the Science|Business event on Capitol Hill. Image: Maryum Raza

Something odd is happening in the world of patents: The American and European systems are starting to look more alike – and that has big implications for invention, trade and the economies on both sides of the Atlantic.

Recent change in US patent law, combined with changes underway in the European Union, “creates some opportunities,” says James Pooley, Deputy Director General of the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organisation. “We have a moment in time to shift the...

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