translate English to French: The second factor, the complexity of the environment in which the patent system operates, is reflected in: technological developments, such as information and communication technologies, biotechnology or nanotechnology, which have increasingly been at the center of public attention in recent years; the number of countries that have become - or are becoming - important actors in the patent system, which has led, for example, to increased geographical and linguistic diversity in the prior art; and globalized economic ties, which have produced complex interactions between national, regional and international patent policies.
Ces facteurs sont à la fois la cause et la conséquence des divergences actuelles dans les priorités des États membres.