EU Innovation roadblocks

A good example of the barriers to innovating across the opportunity of the full european market:

"The European Commission, the EU’s executive body, estimates that the cost of having a patent recognised in every EU country can be €36,000 ($46,900), €23,000 of it accounted for by translation. American patents cost a mere €1,850."

The EU’s unitary patent: Yes, ja, oui, no, no | The Economist

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