31 October 2023FeaturesPatents ChannelSarah Speight

Is EU standard-essential patent regulation a non-starter?

Since the European Commission unveiled its draft regulations for standard-essential patents (SEPs) in April 2023, a multitude of stakeholders and thought leaders have voiced their opinions.

Already registered?

For multi-user price options, or to check if your company has an existing subscription that we can add you to for FREE, please email Adrian Tapping at atapping@newtonmedia.co.uk

More on this story

article

EU designs proposal adds repair clause, store layouts, and virtual protections

7 December 2023 European Council and European Parliament provisionally agree a revision of the design protection package | Update brings new life to 20-year-old legislation | Repair clause ‘significant’ with protections extended to store design, heritage costumes and designs of virtual products.

Patents Channel

Europe’s proposals on SEPs: the story so far

23 October 2023 The European Commission’s draft regulation for standard essential patents sparked lively debate, but where are we now and are the proposals likely to be implemented? Tom Foster of Taylor Wessing brings us up to speed.

Patents

Patent pool sues Samsung over video encoding SEPs

29 March 2022 Samsung has been accused of infringing standard-essential patents in a patent pool of video encoding technology to which it was a prior contributor.

Quantum innovation accelerating but funding gaps stall commercial shift

The IP in Netflix’s $87bn takeover bid for Warner Bros

SMEs receive just 5% of £2bn tax relief under UK patent box scheme

Dolby strikes again, this time at UPC over audio codec SEP

The unusual patent case that reshaped China’s enforcement deadlines

5 ways director Squires is changing US innovation

Bad news for Big Tech in targeted ad tech dispute

USPTO issues guidance to support patent eligibility declarations

Is EU standard-essential patent regulation a non-starter?

More on this story

Editor's picks

Editor's picks

More articles