Emergency Meeting of EPO and EU Officials in View of Community Patent Failure.
After the collapse of the deliberations of the EU Council on the Community Patent there seems to be a strong need for the EU to discuss the consequences thereof with the representatives of the EPO. An urgent meeting of the EU Coordination Group as been scheduled to be held on March 17, 2004 in Munich. Representatives of the EU Member States, Acceding States and the Commission will hold a coordination meeting in connection with the meeting of the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (16 - 18 March 2004).