15/05/2025
A live blog collecting independent, third-party commentary of the European Commission's proposal on standard-essential patents.
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 […]
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.
09/12/2024
Leadership in key technology standards matters not only for economic prosperity, but also for Europe’s security, strategic autonomy, and defence capabilities. Chinese President Xi Jinping famously […]
19/07/2024
Did you know that all modern digital video streaming services are powered by open standards and patents?
27/06/2024
To celebrate this year’s World SME Day, June 27, we talked with our SME Chair, Rubén Bonet, CEO of Fractus, about the importance of intellectual property […]