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2025-03-05

Letters and Consultation Responses

Industry Urging European Commission to Advance, Not Withdraw the Regulation on Standard Essential Patents

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 for a regulation on standard essential patents (SEP Regulation).
Letters and Consultation Responses
FSA Comments on the European Commission’s Proposal for SEP Regulation

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...

2023-08-30
Letters and Consultation Responses
European Commission Call for Evidence – New Framework for Standard Essential Patents

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...

2022-05-13
Letters and Consultation Responses
Industry and Public Interest Support for Maintaining 2015 IEEE-SA Bylaw Updates

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...

2022-05-09
Letters and Consultation Responses
DOJ/USPTO/NIST 2021 Joint Policy Statement on Licensing Negotiations and Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to F/RAND Commitments

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...

2022-02-14
Letters and Consultation Responses
IEEE Public Consultation on its 2015 Patent Policy Update

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...

2021-11-08
Letters and Consultation Responses
FSA Comments to the European Commission’s Targeted Consultation on Standardization Agreements in the Horizontal Guidelines

Brussels, 5 October 2021 – As an industry organization representing over 50 companies across, the Fair Standards Alliance welcomed this opportunity to offer comments to the European Commission’s...

2021-10-05
Letters and Consultation Responses
FSA Comments to the European Commission’s Preliminary Report – Sector Inquiry into Consumer Internet of Things

Brussels, 1 September 2021 - As an industry organization representing over 49 companies across different Internet of Things (IoT) industry sectors, the Fair Standards Alliance (FSA) welcomes this...

2021-09-01
Letters and Consultation Responses
FSA Comments on the Competition and Consumer Commission Singapore

Brussels, 27 August 2021 - The Fair Standards Alliance (FSA) submits the following comments to the Competition and Consumer Commission Singapore (CCCS) in relation to Section 8 of...

2021-08-27
Letters and Consultation Responses
Study Group on Licensing Environment of Standard Essential Patents Interim Report

Brussels, 27 July 2021 – Fair Standards Alliance (FSA) welcomes efforts undertaken by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to study the licensing environment of Standard...

2021-07-27
Letters and Consultation Responses
FSA Submission in Response to DG COMP’s Call for Contributions on Competition Policy supporting the Green Deal

Brussels, January 28, 2021 – The Fair Standards Alliance (FSA) welcomes one of the key European Commission’s priorities – known as the “European Green Deal” – to make...

2021-01-28
Letters and Consultation Responses
FSA Reactions on the European Commission’s Intellectual Property Action Plan

Brussels, January 26, 2021 – Focusing on matters relating to SEPs, we offer below our considered views and reactions to the Commission’s 25 November 2020 Communication Making the...

2021-01-26
Letters and Consultation Responses
FSA welcomes METI’s forward-looking guide on SEP license valuation

Brussels, May 27, 2020 – Fair Standards Alliance welcomes a forward-looking guide of Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on licensing of standard essential patents.

2020-05-27