Category: UK Intellectual Property Office
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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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UK government helps SMEs with new SEP Resource Hub: wealth of information rather than heavy-handed intervention
The UK Intellectual Property Office today unveiled a treasure trove (particularly for SMEs) of information on standard-essential patent licensing and enforcement.
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USPTO, UKIPO formalize alliance on standard-essential patent policy, seeking to dissuade EU from regulatory excess — UPDATE: UKIPO denies advocacy objective
The patent offices of the United States and the United Kingdom yesterday signed a memorandum on standard-essential patent policy. One objective is to dissuade the EU from unhelpful regulatory overreach.