By Wang Chong, China.org.cn, July 19, 2010
(This post was first published in Chinese and translated by Lin Liyao)
Discord recurred in the EU because of a language problem. Earlier this month, English, French, and German were proposed by the European Commission as the official languages of the EU (Community) patent system. This proposal aims at reducing the high cost of translation for patent application, promoting scientific and technological innovation and economic development for EU countries and enhancing their competitiveness. However, Italy and Spain are against a trilingual system and think Italian and Spanish also should be official languages of the system. Read more...