Category: Patent Policy
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Increased ACT pro-SEP regulation activities in India are âscaremongeringâ but âworrisomeâ, say SEP holders
ACT has substantially stepped up its level of activity in India, as well as parts of Latin America, with SEP holders calling its actions âmisplaced alarmismâ and playing into the Indian governmentâs SME innovation concerns.
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UK government proposes SEP measures such as rate-setting procedure, seeks input
The UK Intellectual Property Office has invited stakeholders from across the SEP ecosystem to submit views and evidence on proposed SEP measures by October 7, 2025.
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French ministry, national standards bodies oppose Apple-Google front’s ETSI membership: ACT proved unreliable by gun-jumping
Context: Four days ago we reported that Apple front ACT | The App Association, which would be more appropriately called ACT | The Apple Association (or, as of recent, ACT | The Apple-Google Association), jumped the gun by announcing its membership in the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) though it is actually up to ETSI’s…
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Apple-funded astroturfers caught LYING about organization’s ETSI membership: ACT | The App(le) Association
ACT | The App(le) Association claims to be an ETSI member. It is not. Certainly not for months to come and not necessarily thereafter.
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SEP holders push back against calls for withdrawal of withdrawal of EU SEP Regulation
The EU SEP Regulation is headed for its formal withdrawal, but there still is some wrangling behind the scenes that keeps lobbyists busy.
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âMusic to my earsâ: Chinese IP market welcomes new national foreign-related IP dispute regulations
While Chinese patent attorneys have largely welcomed Chinaâs new rules, which would allegedly give China a clearer legal basis to âpush backâ in foreign-related IP disputes, other voices have suggested the measures may be in response to concerns regarding the Trump Administrationâs stance on IP â so China is âpreparing for IP lawfareâ.
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âSEPs are lifeâ but finite resources, geopolitical circumstances put proposed EU SEP Regulation on âtimeoutâ: European Commission’s Kamil KiljaĹski
Speaking at a SEP conference in Warsaw today, DG GROW IP deputy director Kamil KiljaĹski emphasized that the European Commissionâs decision to withdraw its proposed SEP regulation was only on a âtimeoutâ and that a large factor that contributed to this was a shift in geopolitical circumstances â 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 âsolid stepâ forward or âmissed opportunityâ: market divided over EUâs SEP Regulation withdrawal
Implementers, SEP holders and patent pools gave mixed reactions following yesterdayâs surprising news that the European Commission has dropped the proposed EU SEP Regulation.