TY  - GEN
T1  - Grace periods in European patent law /
AU  - Blakemore, Fred,
VL  - 1998 No 106 pages 18-22
N1  - - At present the United States is the only country in the world to have a "first to invent" patent system where rights stem from the date an invention is conceived; - The introduction of a grace period such as presently proposed brings with it increased uncertainty for those attempting to evaluate the validity of patents which belong to competitors; - The short answer which the Commission will get in the hearing is likely to be that the grace period on offer would not have been acceptable as a quid pro quo for a first to file system in the USA;.
ID  - 22736
KW  - Patents
KW  - PATENTS : INTERNATIONAL LAW : MULTILATERAL TREATIES, INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE : COMMENTS ("EUROPEAN PATENT")
KW  - PATENT LAWS : EUROPEAN UNION
KW  - EUROPEAN PATENT LAW : GRACE PERIODS
TI  - Grace periods in European patent law /
ER  -