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London Agreement (2000) : ウィキペディア英語版 | London Agreement (2000)
The London Agreement, formally the Agreement on the application of Article 65 of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents and sometimes referred to as the London Protocol, is a patent law agreement concluded in London on 17 October 2000 and aimed at reducing the translation costs of European patents granted under the European Patent Convention (EPC).〔European Patent Office (EPO) web site, (''London Agreement to enter into force in first half of 2008'' ), News, 11 September 2007.〕 The London Agreement is an optional agreement between member states of the European Patent Organisation.〔 The London Agreement entered into force on 1 May 2008. ==Background== Before 1 May 2008, once a European patent was granted or more precisely within three months (or six months for Ireland〔EPO web site, ("National law relating to the EPC (14th edition)", IV. Translation requirements after grant, Ireland ), 4. Consulted on 13 March 2010.〕) from the date of grant, the patent had to be translated into an official language of each country in which the patentee wanted patent protection. If the translation of the European patent was not provided to the national patent office within the prescribed time limit, the patent was "deemed to be void ab initio in that State." This situation still applies in the Contracting States wherein the Agreement has not entered into force. This situation led to high translation costs for patent holders, reduced the incentives to apply for a European patent and, many argued, the situation was a burden on the competitiveness of the European economy, compared to the situation in the United States (see also EU's Lisbon Strategy).
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