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Friday, July 13, 2007

France to Ratify London Agreement Soon.

There are growing indications saying that France might ratify the

London Agreement soon. In a

press release [French only, sorry] published yesterday, the Mouvement des Entreprises de France

MEDEF writes that some desire expressed by

Ms Valerie Pecresse, Minister for the Higher Education and Research, and

Mr Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Secretary of State to the European Businesses, to see France engaging in the process of ratification of the agreement of London, is considered to be excellent news.

This goes well with an

earlier report given by Mr Joff Wild on his

IAM Blog. This is great news, and if proven to be true it might significantly boost the system of European patents granted by the EPO. If France really were to ratify, the London Agreement would enter into force and, because of translation of huge numbers of patent documents into various European languages could be avoided, the cost of obtaining patent protection on the basis of a European Patent granted by EPO would be significantly reduced. The

rejection of London Agreement by the

Institute of the French patent attorneys will not be enduring because of the interests of the industry, as Mr Wild puts it:

"It's a funny world in which an organisation would oppose something which its members' clients seem to be very enthusiastic about."

On the long run, it is as simple as that.

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