Det er i en sådan situation derfor naturligt og logisk, at de medlemsstater, der ser behov for at forstærke samarbejdet mellem medlemsstaterne med hensyn til at beskytte den intellektuelle ejendomsret, reagerer ved at forsøge at etablere et forstærket indbyrdes samarbejde for at skabe fælles patentbeskyttelse ved hjælp af processen som fastsat i EU-traktatens artikel 20.
In such a situation, it is therefore natural and logical that those Member States which see the need to enhance Member State cooperation in protecting intellectual property are responding by trying to establish enhanced cooperation between themselves in the area of creating unitary patent protection, by means of the process under Article 20 of the EU Treaty.