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09/07/2025

The Commission’s guidance on the creation of an Automotive Licensing Negotiating Group for SEPs threatens innovation and may harm consumers  

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 […]
10/06/2025

Open letter fact-checking European automakers’ recent false claims about patent licencing

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 the EU’s Technology Transfer Block Exemption (TTBER) guidelines handle patent pools and LNGs? 

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 […]