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 mlexmarketinsight.com
Brussels – EU common patent gets boost from bloc’s industry boss after decades of delays.

 IP lobby group IP2Innovate, which includes Daimler, BMW and Intel, said it shares Breton’s view that the patent system needs to be adapted to the digital age and needs a single EU patent.
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 handelsblatt.com
 Ministerin Lambrecht will rigider gegen „Patenttrolle“ vorgehen
  Die Bundesjustizministerin will das Patentrecht modernisieren – und zwar stärker als noch in einem ersten Diskussionsentwurf angekündigt.

 Managing IP
 US firms prioritise Europe as UPC countdown begins
  In the recent article of Managing IP, examining future enforcement of EU patent law by the Unified Patent Court (UPC),  Katalin Lubóczki, coordinator of the UPC Working Group responsible for finalising the training plan for UPC judges emphasises that proportionality will be an important principle in UPC jurisprudence. 

 Wall Street Journal
 Germany Shuts Door on Patent Trolls
  BERLIN—Germany on Friday removed a legislative quirk that had made it a prime destination for globally active patent litigators who increasingly target fast-growing tech companies.
