Published: November 8, 2017
Publisher: IPPro Patents
“IP Europe has claimed that, if implemented, a ‘licence to all’ system for standard essential patents (SEPs) in Europe could be a “licence to kill” for innovation in Europe.
The research and development organisation, whose corporate members include Airbus, Ericsson, Nokia and Orange, claimed that the EU Commission’s current draft on SEPs, if adopted, would “harm European inventors and threaten Europe’s position as a leader on the technology behind 5G and the internet of things”.