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 […]
29/10/2024
IP Europe announces the departure of Patrick McCutcheon, who supported the organization in a strategic role for the past two years. A trade association that represents […]
22/10/2024
Europe has a long history of protecting intellectual property (IP). Even the ancient Greeks and Romans protected the copyright of their highly celebrated authors. The first […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
13/10/2023
We would normally want to celebrate World Standards Day, which takes place each 14th of October. After all, global open standards such as Wi-Fi, 4G, […]
30/06/2023
SEP licensing is not a pressing problem for European SMEs.