12/06/2025
A live blog collecting independent, third-party commentary of the European Commission's proposal on standard-essential patents.
12/06/2025
The European Commission says it wants to do more to promote science and innovation in Europe. Can it resist the temptation for more regulation instead? In […]
10/06/2025
IP Europe has sent the following letter fact-checking European automakers’ recent false claims about patent licensing to the intellectual property experts of all European Union member […]
25/04/2025
Did you know that patented technologies are essential to the delivery of digital music? With the advent of digital audio, patents have become almost as important […]
22/04/2025
The European Union is exploring new ways of addressing potential serious security threats—both external and internal—to the bloc’s information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure. Security […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]