Category: World Trade Organization
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BREAKING: The EU has apparently LOST the WTO proceedings against China over its SEP case law
Context: Earlier this year, the European Commission’s (EC) Directorate-General for Trade (DG TRADE) brought a second World Trade Organization (WTO) complaint against China over its standard-essential patent (SEP) case law (January 20, 2025 ip fray article). The first one started with a so-called request for consultations in February 2022 (PDF). What’s new: There are pretty…
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EU Commission may have to bring WTO complaint against UK: appeals court says Lenovo may get interim license from Ericsson, schedules urgent hearing for February 18
An order by the England & Wales Court of Appeal says Lenovo has “real prospects” of securing a interim license against Ericsson, which could give rise to an EU-UK trade dispute.
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European Commission files fresh World Trade Organization proceeding against China over global rate-setting of EU SEPs
China has empowered its courts to set binding worldwide royalty rates for EU SEPs without the consent of their patent owners, giving Chinese manufacturers cheaper access to those European technologies unfairly, the European Commission has alleged.
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EU Commission rediscovers “importance of standard essential patents” as “major area of intellectual property protection”
At a recent WTO hearing relating to the European Commission’s trade complaint over Chinese antisuit injunctions, the EC took positions on standard-essential patents that noticeably diverge from its arguments for the proposed SEP Regulation.