The final deadlock blocking a unified EU patent court was removed on Friday (29 June) when EU leaders agreed to place the seat in Paris.
“After thirty-years of negotiations we now have an agreement on the European patent,” Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt told reporters in Brussels.
Leaders agreed to divide the court between London, Paris and Munich – breaking an eight-month impasse on the location issue.
The compromise hinged on UK Prime Minister David Cameron'...
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