06/04/2023
BRUSSELS – Before publishing any proposal regarding the licensing of Standard-Essential Patents (SEPs), the European Commission (EC) must ensure that it reflects and protects a sustainable […]
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 […]
24/08/2022
A few weeks ago, a court in Munich, Germany issued injunctions against Chinese manufacturer OPPO for infringing a number of standard essential patents (SEPs) held by […]
11/08/2022
BRUSSELS – On 5 August 2022, the UK Intellectual Property Office published a Summary of the Responses to the Call for Views on Standard Essential Patents […]
28/06/2022
On the 8 June 2022, IP Europe submitted its contribution to the Japan Patent Office’s Call for Opinion on the draft SEP Licensing Guide. We welcome […]
24/06/2022
FTC Chair Lina Khan and FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter recently submitted comments regarding the public interest in an International Trade Commission (ITC) proceeding. Although they did […]
21/06/2022
What happened? The US DOJ, USPTO and NIST have announced that they have abandoned their proposed Draft Policy Statement on Licensing Negotiations and Remedies for Standards-Essential […]
09/06/2022
BRUSSELS – On 8 June 2022, the US government announced its decision not to issue the December 2021 Draft Policy Statement on Licensing Negotiations and Remedies […]
11/05/2022
The European Commission’s call for evidence in the context of plans for a new framework for standard-essential patents (SEPs) holds out the promise of increasing efficiency […]
11/05/2022
BRUSSELS – Responding to the European Commission’s call for evidence for an impact assessment for a new framework for standard essential patents (SEPs), IP Europe welcomes […]