Supporting Europe’s competitiveness and innovation through a balanced patent system
IP2Innovate
Seeking a new balance point in Europe’s patent system that better suits innovation and society
IP2Innovate
La prise en compte de la proportionnalité, garante d’un cadre juridique équilibré du droit des brevets pour protéger l’innovation
In recent years lawmakers in Germany and in Brussels have started to realise that the old status quo – where patent courts hand out injunctions almost always automatically – doesn’t work in a world where advances in technology constantly bring more and more complex products to market, and where thousands of patents could possibly be relevant.
Advocacy
Rigorous implementation of safeguards is required to prevent exploitation of imbalances in Europe’s patent system
Safeguards