Det er klart, at vi var meget tæt på at få en afgørelse for nogle år siden, hvor vi skulle have indført »first to file«-princippet i stedet for »first to invent« som et generelt, verdensomspændende princip.
We were evidently very close to a settlement some years ago, when it would have been better to have had 'first to file' rather than 'first to invent' as a general, worldwide principle.