Category: IP Legislation
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EU roundup: new trade policy paper; ETSI comments on EC Single Market plans; minority of member states attempts to revive SEP Regulation
Context: The Brussels “eurocracy” has been wildly unsuccessful from an economic policy point of view. The United States and China have taken an unassailable lead in all key digital technologies. The collective market capitalization of all publicly traded EU companies is but a fraction of that of all publicly traded U.S. companies. Just like the…
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New study: Huawei leads WiFi 7 SEP ownership, Ericsson sole European patentee
A report on WiFi 7 SEP ownership published by GreyB today has found European patentees lag way behind those in Mainland China and the U.S., with Ericsson being the only patentee mentioned from the region.
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‘Music to my ears’: Chinese IP market welcomes new national foreign-related IP dispute regulations
While Chinese patent attorneys have largely welcomed China’s new rules, which would allegedly give China a clearer legal basis to “push back” in foreign-related IP disputes, other voices have suggested the measures may be in response to concerns regarding the Trump Administration’s stance on IP – so China is “preparing for IP lawfare”.
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‘SEPs are life’ but finite resources, geopolitical circumstances put proposed EU SEP Regulation on ‘timeout’: European Commission’s Kamil Kiljański
Speaking at a SEP conference in Warsaw today, DG GROW IP deputy director Kamil Kiljański emphasized that the European Commission’s decision to withdraw its proposed SEP regulation was only on a “timeout” and that a large factor that contributed to this was a shift in geopolitical circumstances – in particular those in the U.S. and…
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EU’s most powerful body to discuss Commission’s withdrawal of SEP Regulation tomorrow; major SEP conference coming up next week
At tomorrow’s Working Group meeting. the most powerful institution in the EU, the Council, will discuss the European Commission’s decision to abandon the proposed SEP Regulation.
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A “solid step” forward or “missed opportunity”: market divided over EU’s SEP Regulation withdrawal
Implementers, SEP holders and patent pools gave mixed reactions following yesterday’s surprising news that the European Commission has dropped the proposed EU SEP Regulation.
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European Commission drops EU SEP Regulation in line with its promise to depart from overregulation: new proposal may or may not come
The European Commission has dropped the proposed SEP regulation from its work program as no political agreement is foreseeable. A new proposal may or may not come.
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Patently confirms Nokia’s milestone of 7K patent families declared essential to 5G standard
Beyond its 5G contributions, Nokia has also declared well over 1,700 patent families essential to earlier generations, further demonstrating its long-standing impact on mobile communications, Patently has found.