... litsentsiaadi kohustus mitte kasutada litsentsitud tehnoloogiat pärast kokkuleppe tähtaja möödumist, kusjuures see kohustus ei tohi kehtida kauem leiutise kaitsedokumendi (patendi, kasuliku mudeli või kaitse all oleva sordi tunnistuse) kehtivusajast või oskusteabe konfidentsiaalsusest.
The Commission recognizes the role played by patents in protecting innovation, while drawing attention to the complexity and disadvantages of a system such as that currently prevailing in Europe, which involves the coexistence of 'national patents`, the 'European patent` (i.e. the unified system for the deposit and granting of patents which then gives rise to a range of national patents) and (but only on paper) the 'Community patent` (i.e. a patent which would not only be deposited and examined centrally, like the European patent, but would give rise to a single protection document covering the whole area of the European Union).
