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There is also concern that the patent package will not fulfil its primary objective.
The patent package is a step forward but there are some obvious potential flaws.
It is intended to fill a hole in intellectual property protection in the EU, however despite last week's progress, much is still be done before the new patent package will fly.
Members of the European Parliament are expected to sign off on the unitary patent package on Tuesday.
When does the unitary patent package enter into force?
Parliament and Council negotiators reached a political deal in December 2011 on the so-called "patent package", which includes the unitary patent, the language regime and the unified patent court.
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But through loopholes in current law, the companies can get an automatic 30-month extension simply by filing suit against a generic manufacturer asserting that the generic product will infringe secondary patents on packaging and other minor items.
One of the aspects of the single market is the effort to avoid limiting the sale of products in another state's territory by imposing non-tariff barriers, such as quantitative restrictions, the obligation to repeat certification in each country, non-recognition of patents, specific packaging and labelling requirements of products outside common market customs, etc.
It isn't, of course, the 19th century, when colorfully packaged patent medicines promised to cure everything from cancer to infertility, but more often contained harmful ingredients like lead and mercury.
The new patent application describes packaging that includes a "Tap here" sticker, indicating where a user should tap their existing device.
The news comes only one week after the companys wireless patent for semiconductor packaging technologies was rejected for a second time by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and one week after it announced lower than expected second-quarter profit.
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