64 companies and trade associations representing a large cross-section of businesses in Europe, wrote to express their deep concern about the European Commission’s intention to withdraw its proposal...

The European Commission’s proposal for a regulation on standard essential patents reflects industry realities and recognises that SEP licensing is currently inefficient, unpredictable, and non-transparent, which in turn...

There are concerns that lower SEP royalties might curb upstream incentives for investments in standards.

Royalty-Free licensing of standard-essential patents has enabled the rapid proliferation of some of the most successful and widely adopted technical standards, including technologies found in nearly every smartphone...

Owners of standard essential patents (SEPs) are increasingly requesting royalties that vary depending on the “end-use” and the value of end-products or services (end-use-based licensing), even if the...

Although most negotiations for licenses for standard essential patents on fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory terms result in licensing agreements, there may be circumstances when licensing negotiations groups (LNGs)...

The Fair Standards Alliance submitted the following response as part of the European Commission’s consultation process on its Call for Evidence “Intellectual property – new framework for standard-essential...

A group of organisations wrote to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers regarding the Board of Governor’s December 2020 direction to the IEEESA’s Standards Board to undertake...

On 4 February 2022, the United States Department of Justice, Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) concluded a public commenting...

Brussels, 8 February 2022 – pursuant to the International Trade Commission’s Federal Register Notice of January 24, 2022, inviting interested parties and members of the public to file comments on...

Brussels, December 9, 2021 - This paper builds on the FSA’s position paper of February 15, 2017, and sets out further detail on the FSA’s views on the...

Brussels, 26 October 2021 - On 15 October, IEEE concluded a public consultation that sought input on aspects of its 2015 Patent Policy update. 100 respondents urged the...