10/07/2025
A live blog collecting independent, third-party commentary of the European Commission's proposal on standard-essential patents.
09/07/2025
IP Europe respectfully disagrees with the European Commission’s conclusion that the proposed Automotive Licensing Negotiation Group (ALNG) does not raise competition concerns. In practice the ALNG […]
02/07/2025
In the two years since the Commission proposed its draft Regulation on Standard-Essential Patents, there have been several material developments in SEP licensing. These require the […]
27/06/2025
The 27th of June marks World Micro-, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Day. To help celebrate it, IP Europe asked its SME Chair, Rubén Bonet, Co-Founder and […]
20/06/2025
IP Europe supports the European Commission’s focus on regulatory simplification. We are encouraged that the European Parliament is aligned with this approach. In particular, we welcome the news […]
12/06/2025
The European Commission says it wants to do more to promote science and innovation in Europe. Can it resist the temptation for more regulation instead? In […]
10/06/2025
IP Europe has sent the following letter fact-checking European automakers’ recent false claims about patent licensing to the intellectual property experts of all European Union member […]
05/05/2025
How should patent pools and Licensing Negotiating Groups (LNGs) be dealt with under the European Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (TTBER) guidelines, which govern technology licensing […]
25/04/2025
Did you know that patented technologies are essential to the delivery of digital music? With the advent of digital audio, patents have become almost as important […]
22/04/2025
The European Union is exploring new ways of addressing potential serious security threats—both external and internal—to the bloc’s information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure. Security […]