12/09/2024
A live blog collecting independent, third-party commentary of the European Commission's proposal on standard-essential patents.
12/06/2024
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
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 […]
22/02/2024
Dear MEPs, IP Europe comprises Ericsson, Nokia, Orange, Fractus, Fraunhofer, Philips, Sisvel, Dolby, InterDigital, Panasonic, and Qualcomm. We are a coalition of global technology leaders and research institutes promoting […]
09/02/2024
Dear MEP, You will shortly be asked to vote on the JURI report on the European Commission’s proposal to regulate standard-essential patents (SEPs). We urge you […]
04/12/2023
Draft JURI Committee report on Standard-Essential Patents Amendments to the European Commission Proposal for a Regulation on Standard-Essential Patents – COM(2023)232 We call on JURI MEPs […]
18/10/2023
An open letter from European innovators to MEPs about standard-essential patents The European Commission is proposing a harmful Regulation on Standard-essential Patent (SEPs) licensing. Yet, it is […]
16/10/2023
Dear Honourable Member of the European Parliament, We, IP Europe, are writing to you again in the context of the European Parliament’s review of the European Commission’s […]
18/09/2023
Dear Honourable Member of the European Parliament, We are writing to you because the European Parliament – led by JURI, IMCO, and INTA – is considering […]
03/04/2023
Andreas Schwab (MEP) has tabled three questions to the European Commission on the topic of standard-essential patents (SEPs). The questions relate to the problem of hold-out […]