The Community patent and the patent system in Europe - Public hearing
25 November 1997 - 25 November 1997
Luxembourg
A public hearing on the Commission's Green Paper on the Community patent and the patent system in Europe will be held in the European Parliament in Luxembourg on 25 and 26 November 1997. The hearing, which forms part of the consultation process on the Green Paper, is being organized jointly by the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council and the European Commission.
The Green Paper (COM(97) 314 final) is designed to provide a basis for consultation with all interested parties, in order to determine whether users' needs are currently being met and whether new measures should be taken at Community level. In particular, it asks whether the Community Patent Convention, which dates from 1975, should be replaced by full scale Community legislation which would ensure that businesses and innovators could secure patent protection throughout the Single Market on the basis of a single patent application.
The Open Hearing in Luxembourg will mark the conclusion of the widespread consultation process initiated in June this year, and its conclusions will form the basis on which the Commission will determine its future legislative agenda in this domain.
The hearing will be addressed, among others, by Mr. R. Geubbels, Luxembourg Minister for Economics, Mr. J. Mogg, Director-General for the Internal Market (DG XV), Mr. P. Waterschoot, Director responsible for Intellectual Property Rights and representatives from the European Patent Office. Mr. V. Parajon Collada, Deputy Director-General of DG XIII, will present industrial property rights within the context of the Commission's First Action Plan for Innovation in Europe.
For further information, please contact:
European Commission
DG XV - Internal market and financial services
Unit XV/E-3
200 rue de la Loi
B-1049 Brussels
Fax +32-2-2961736
E-mail: E3@dg15.cec.be
Copies of the Green Paper may be obtained from the above address. It may also be downloaded from the EUROPA WWW server, at:
http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/dg15/dg15home.html(opens in new window)
Written comments on the Green Paper may continue to be submitted directly to the Commission up until the deadline of 7 November 1997.
The Green Paper (COM(97) 314 final) is designed to provide a basis for consultation with all interested parties, in order to determine whether users' needs are currently being met and whether new measures should be taken at Community level. In particular, it asks whether the Community Patent Convention, which dates from 1975, should be replaced by full scale Community legislation which would ensure that businesses and innovators could secure patent protection throughout the Single Market on the basis of a single patent application.
The Open Hearing in Luxembourg will mark the conclusion of the widespread consultation process initiated in June this year, and its conclusions will form the basis on which the Commission will determine its future legislative agenda in this domain.
The hearing will be addressed, among others, by Mr. R. Geubbels, Luxembourg Minister for Economics, Mr. J. Mogg, Director-General for the Internal Market (DG XV), Mr. P. Waterschoot, Director responsible for Intellectual Property Rights and representatives from the European Patent Office. Mr. V. Parajon Collada, Deputy Director-General of DG XIII, will present industrial property rights within the context of the Commission's First Action Plan for Innovation in Europe.
For further information, please contact:
European Commission
DG XV - Internal market and financial services
Unit XV/E-3
200 rue de la Loi
B-1049 Brussels
Fax +32-2-2961736
E-mail: E3@dg15.cec.be
Copies of the Green Paper may be obtained from the above address. It may also be downloaded from the EUROPA WWW server, at:
http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/dg15/dg15home.html(opens in new window)
Written comments on the Green Paper may continue to be submitted directly to the Commission up until the deadline of 7 November 1997.