The creation of a Community patent

From the Czech Presidency. Speech of Minister JiÅí Pospíšil, Minister of Justice of the Czech Republic, in the European Parliament on 20 January 2009.

"Nevertheless, let me briefly mention two agendas closely related to justice, which do, however, fall under the Competitiveness Council and in the Czech Republic, therefore, other ministries bear primary responsibility for them.  These include the creation of a Community patent and the project of a single patent court for European and Community patents.  The Czech Presidency is aware of the importance of improvements in the patent system for European industry and will strive to make progress in debates on this project, as many issues remain open.  We will also strive to ensure that the European Court of Justice is approached with a request for its opinion as to the compatibility of the draft agreement on patent judiciary with primary law.  The European Parliament will be duly consulted and its opinions expressed in its 2006 and 2007 resolutions will be duly taken into account.

The second agenda is the proposed European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 2006/116/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights.  Here, too, there are still many problem issues and the positions of individual Member States differ.  The aim of the Czech Presidency will be to find a balanced solution that would bring a real improvement in the social situation of performing artists which would be acceptable for most Member States and would not entail an undue increase in the administrative burden on the participants of the system of collection and disbursement of additional remuneration."

Lees de hele speech hier.