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"Mr President, the main outstanding problems which have so far prevented the incorporation of the Council’s common political approach of March 2003 into the final text of the Community patent regulation concerned the time limit for finding translations of the claims of the patents and the legal effect of these. Efforts have been made in the Council and at bilateral level to settle these points. Despite substantial agreement between the Member States on this issue under the Irish presidency, none of the solutions discussed has won unanimous support.
The Commission has already invested a lot of time and effort in work on this file. While I am prepared to make one more attempt to reach agreement on the Community patent in the future, I will only do so when I believe the conditions to be favourable. However, alongside the Commission’s work on this issue, we also need all supporters of the Community patent to speak out strongly in favour of this initiative.
As to the collective management of copyright, my services are currently carrying out a thorough impact assessment in preparation for a possible Community initiative. The overall aim of such an initiative will be to ensure the more transparent and efficient cross-border management of collective rights in Europe. This should provide commercial users, broadcasters, webcasters or other online service providers with better access to information about the scope of the repertoire licence and the applicable terms and tariffs. A more transparent management of copyright across the European Union should help stimulate more use being made of copyright content which fosters the development of new attractive services and the technology that is used to provide such services.
The initiative will take due account of a consultation of stakeholders and of the recommendations of the report written by a former MEP, Mrs Echerer, on collective management of copyright and related rights. There is no blockage in the legislative process in this area.
As far as enhanced cooperation is concerned, any support from the Commission for such an initiative in the field of industrial and intellectual property would depend on its impact on the economy and society and its added value compared to the existing situation. Moreover, legal issues, such as those arising from the extent of existing Community competence, would have to be taken into account."@en1
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