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 […]
19/07/2024
Did you know that all modern digital video streaming services are powered by open standards and patents?
15/12/2023
The latest cellular standards are essential to the deployment of “smart factories” including advancements in safety, security, productivity and environmental efficiency. We have already written about […]
27/09/2023
What is a standard-essential patent--and what has one done for me lately?!
16/11/2021
Often the term “royalty-free” is promulgated as a unique selling point of open source and some standards. The assumption of the uninitiated is that this means […]
28/09/2021
Patent pools are a favoured mode of technology sharing. In its 2017 Communication, “Setting out the EU approach to Standard Essential Patents” the European Commission noted: […]