Published: November 7, 2017
Publisher: ACT | The App Association
In a new blog post, IP Europe gave its favorite false narrative a new coat of paint by suggesting that the bedrock FRAND requirement of “license for all” equates to some kind of “license to kill.” It’s a clever turn-of-phrase designed to appeal to European Commission officials debating the final shape of a Communication on the licencing of standard essential patents.
Parts of the Commission, including the all-powerful DG Competition, have been skeptical of language in the upcoming SEP Communication that embraces so-called “use-based licensing,” which IP Europe advocates. Hopefully, it will take more than clever marketing to distract them from the facts here.