Use-based licensing

October 4, 2023

How much is connected mobility worth? Some thoughts on the value of standards and services

Connected mobility standards in modern automobiles offer both automakers and consumers big rewards. As we have written before, connected cars offer new services including over-the-air software and […]
June 12, 2019

Practical guidance for businesses interested in making 5G and IoT connected products

[Brussels: Wednesday, 12 June 2019] Developers of cellular telecommunications standards – including Ericsson, InterDigital, Nokia, Orange, Qualcomm – have teamed-up with leading consumer electronics brands like […]
December 13, 2018

IP Europe welcomes the European Parliament’s decision to allocate funds to the InvestEU programme

[Brussels: 13 December 2018] Today, the European Parliament has voted in the BUDG and ECON committees to approve funding for the InvestEU programme, as part of […]
October 11, 2018

World IP Review: EU standards bodies publish IoT and 5G FRAND principles

EU standards-setting organisations have today published six principles on the licensing of standard-essential patents (SEPs) in the realm of 5G and the internet of things (IoT). IP Europe, […]
October 11, 2018

IP Europe successfully developed a guide for wireless technology licensing

Sixty-day public comment period open until 13 December 2018 [Brussels: Thursday, 11 October 2018] IP Europe – the coalition of IP intensive companies – and a […]
October 3, 2018

World IP Review: A year in review: transparency and the EU Communication on SEPs

A year on from the European Commission’s Communication on standard-essential patents (SEPs), published in November 2017, Monica Magnusson, vice president IPR policy at Ericsson, looks at […]
April 16, 2018

World IP Review: FRAND licensing – Arbitration, arbitration, arbitration

“Patent disputes are not a sign of illness—they are a sign of wellness,” says Bill Merritt, CEO of mobile technology research and development company InterDigital. “I […]
March 12, 2018

IP Europe welcomes positive Council Conclusion on IP and open standards

Member States urged to promote European strategic interests and industrial leadership in 5G, including through the new EU framework for foreign investment screening.
January 17, 2018

Managing IP: How helpful is the EU Commission’s SEP Guidance?

There is an urgent need to set out key principles “to foster a balanced, smooth and predictable framework for SEPs” said the European Commission in its […]
November 29, 2017

IP Europe welcomes the European Commission Communication on Standard Essential Patent licensing

Reacting to the adoption of the Communication on SEP licensing, Francisco Mingorance, Executive Secretary of IP Europe, said: