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The UPC: time to get Europe’s house in order

"Judges at the incoming court must consider the threat posed by patent assertion entities, comments Patrick Oliver of patent owners’ coalition IP2Innovate", wites World IP Review.
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 Patrick Oliver
 New report: Europe faces a growing problem of firms abusing the patent system for financial gain
  A  published today gives unique insight into how some non-practising entities (NPEs), also known as patent asserting entities (PAEs) or patent trolls, game Europe’s patent system. The report also provides further evidence that the problem of patent trolls is migrating to Europe from the US, and it proposes several policy responses to address the problem.

 Handelsblatt
 Super minister with execution issues: Lambrecht is running out of time on important projects
  Shortly before the summer break, the CDU/CSU and SPD are aiming to finalise some unfinished coalition projects. One such project is reform of the German patent law. 

 Patrick Oliver
 Statement welcoming EP report on AI and IPR
  IP2Innovate welcomes an own initiative report by the European Parliament adopted today which urges policymakers to safeguard the European patents system from abuse.
