10/07/2025
A live blog collecting independent, third-party commentary of the European Commission's proposal on standard-essential patents.
09/07/2025
IP Europe respectfully disagrees with the European Commission’s conclusion that the proposed Automotive Licensing Negotiation Group (ALNG) does not raise competition concerns. In practice the ALNG […]
29/01/2025
The European Commission’s leaked Competitiveness Compass promises an “unprecedented simplification” of EU rules to promote economic growth and competitiveness following wake-up calls from business leaders, two […]
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 […]
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 […]
06/10/2022
IP Europe is glad to invite you to its in-person networking event entitled Championing innovation in Europe: trends in SEP licensing. With Intellectual Property rights expert […]
26/04/2022
World Intellectual Property Day celebrates the crucial role IP plays in driving innovation in Europe and around the world. Intellectual property rights ensure people and companies […]
21/01/2022
On Wednesday, after a sufficient number of Signatory States deposited their instruments of ratification, the Protocol on the Provisional Application of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) […]
09/06/2020
EU Council “recognizes the importance of intellectual property protection to incentivise R&D investments by EU industry in the development of key technologies in 5G/6G” Adopted today, […]