On Monday, national governments shelved a compromise solution tabled by the European Commission that would have allowed the creation of a single patent court. The decision sparked an angry response from the European Commission, the Union's executive body, as well as from trade groups including UNICE, which represents Europe's biggest firms.
"It is unacceptable for the E.U. to be lagging behind its competitors in the patents field," said Jerome Chauvin, UNICE's head of legal affairs. "It's frustrating to see the member states of the E.U. putting the same excuses on the table each time."
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