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# Report: Single European Union Patent Opposed By Seven EU Countries
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/report-single-european-union-patent-opposed-by-seven-eu-countries/
- Published: 2010-09-07T21:53:28.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T06:35:19.000Z
- Description: The idea of a single process to apply for and enforce patents across the European Union appeared to receive a further boost on its continuing spiral down into the dustbin of history last week as a new report surfaced that seven EU countries oppose it.
- Author: Broadband Breakfast
- Tags: Intellectual Property, Patents, Cyprus, EurActiv, European Commission, European Court of Justice, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Spain, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-02-01 10:23, #added-preview-divider

The idea of a single process to apply for and enforce patents across the European Union appeared to receive a further boost on its continuing spiral down into the dustbin of history last week as a new report surfaced that seven EU countries oppose it.

“Seven EU countries and the European Parliament have told the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that the European Commission’s plans for a single patent court are unacceptable,” [according to a report from EurActiv](http://www.euractiv.com/en/innovation/parliament-and-governments-block-eu-patent-news-497319??ref=broadbandbreakfast.com), an EU policy foundation.

According to EurActiv, those seven countries are: Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Spain.

The news comes on the heals of a[ leaked document last month from the European Court of Justice](http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS108286320420100825?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) that opined that a centralized patent system is “incompatible” with the EU’s founding treaties.