EU SEPs policies

26/02/2025

Planned withdrawal of the SEPs regulation is good news for European innovation 

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 […]
09/12/2024

Leadership in advanced communications technologies matters for Europe’s regional security and strategic autonomy 

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 […]
12/06/2024

European elections: Political groups promised the Europe we all want

In the run-up to the European elections, the European Parliament’s leading political groups promised to promote research, innovation, digital technologies and Europe’s strategic autonomy. We sincerely hope that they keep those promises.  
28/02/2024

IP Europe Statement on the European Parliament’s Own Goal on Standard-Essential Patents

Statement from IP Europe Managing Director Patrick McCutcheon following today’s vote by the European Parliament on Standard-Essential Patents: “The European Parliament has scored a painful own […]