Should we worry about “use-based” pricing in DG GROW’s Standard Essential Patent Roadmap Consultation?

“With the French elections preoccupying Europe, readers may have understandably forgotten about Monday’s deadline to respond to the incredibly short-lived Commission consultation on the roadmap for Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) in Europe.  An industry group who did not forget, ACT | The App Association, wrote to the IPKat to alert readers of the approaching deadline.  The APP Association, through its All Things FRAND initiative, is a pro-FRAND tech trade association representing SME developers who states they are concerned about the approach the Commission is taking regarding SEPs, in particular the use-based licences that the likes of some pretty big companies are reported to have lobbied for (the AmeriKat is verifying these companies, but you can probably guess who…).  Brian Scarpelli from ACT explains their position.” — [READ MORE]