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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
14/10/2024
This World Standards Day, let’s celebrate that open standards bring smartphones, computers, cars, televisions and industrial tools to life by enabling electronics to communicate with one […]
19/07/2024
Did you know that all modern digital video streaming services are powered by open standards and 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.
26/04/2024
Patents and technology are helping drive the green transition.
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 […]
