12/06/2025
A live blog collecting independent, third-party commentary of the European Commission's proposal on standard-essential patents.
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 […]
14/04/2025
No, the sky is not falling—despite the flurry of recent warnings to that effect from supporters of the European Commission’s proposed regulation on standard-essential patents, also […]
26/03/2025
The European Commission has now proposed, and European ministers approved, a simplified work programme for 2025 that includes withdrawing nearly 40 legislative proposals. One of those […]
26/02/2025
We support the European Commission’s focus on regulatory simplification and in particular its decision to withdraw the proposal to regulate standard-essential patents (SEPs) from its Work Programme. The SEPs proposal […]
19/02/2025
Commission Work Programme reflects its commitment to strengthen Europe's competitiveness.