Legal
U-turn on patent referendum ‘leaves businesses in limbo’
A decision to postpone a referendum on joining an international court looks certain to be made next week
Irish companies are being “left in limbo” by the government’s U-turn on holding a referendum in June on joining a new EU patent court, a leading expert has said.
Micheál Martin, the Fianna Fáil leader, has said he will support a postponement of the upcoming patent referendum when coalition leaders meet to discuss the matter.
Naoise Gaffney, a Trinity College Dublin professor and vice president of intellectual property at GH Research, said any decision to ...