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EU Patent Legislation

• Currently, not much EU legislation

– Biotechnology Directive

– Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation

– Supplementary Protection Certificate Regulation

– Bolar exemption

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United States

• U.S. patent usually commercially important

– Size of market

– Enforceability across entire market

– Well-developed patent law

– Good enforcement remedies

• Federal (not state) law applies

• A single patent appeals court

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