In view of the difficulties in reaching an agreement on the community patent,Axel H. Horns, A Unified European Patent System – The Historical Perspective , IP::JUR blog, 18 February 2010. Consulted on 20 February 2010. other legal agreements have been proposed outside the European Union legal framework to reduce the cost of translation (of patents when granted) and litigation, namely the London Agreement, which entered into force on 1 May 2008—and which has reduced the number of countries requiring translation of European patents granted nowadays under the European Patent Convention, and the corresponding costs to obtain a European patentBruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Malwina Mejer, "The London Agreement and the cost of patenting in Europe", European Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 29, Number 2, April 2010, pp. 211–237.—and the European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA), a proposal that has now lapsed.
In view of the difficulties in reaching an agreement on the community patent,Axel H. Horns, A Unified European Patent System – The Historical Perspective , IP::JUR blog, 18 February 2010. Consulted on 20 February 2010. other legal agreements have been proposed outside the European Union legal framework to reduce the cost of translation (of patents ,when granted) and litigation, namely the London Agreement, which entered into force on 1 May 2008—and which has reduced the number of countries requiring translation of European patents granted nowadays under the European Patent Convention, and the corresponding costs to obtain a European patentBruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie Malwina Mejer, "The London Agreement and the cost of patenting in Europe", European Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 29, Number 2, April 2010, pp. 211–237.—and the European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA), a proposal that has now lapsed.