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Press Release: Private Sector Calls For 1 Billion Euros Over 7 Years for Pioneering A New European Intellectual Property Initiative
Innovators, investors and EU Institutions discuss plans for delivery mechanism [Brussels, Wednesday 19 June] Today at IP Europe’s annual SME event,...
Press release: Leading users and developers of cellular standards publish guide to help more European companies make 5G and IoT connected products
[Brussels: Wednesday, 12 June 2019] Developers of cellular telecommunications standards – including Ericsson, InterDigital, Nokia, Orange, Qualcomm...
Press Release: European Intellectual Property-Intensive Enterprises Need a Strategic Industrial Policy That Promotes Innovation in a Globalised Economy
IP Europe launches policy recommendations for the next EU five-year term to help make Europe the world’s leading digital ecosystem [Brussels,...
Comment on the publication of “WS-SEP2” (CWA2)
Francisco Mingorance, Executive Secretary of IP Europe, said: “We have seen that the WS-SEP2 document has been published on the CEN-CENELEC website...
European Parliament votes to boost competitiveness and growth by supporting IP-intensive enterprises through InvestEU
[Brussels, 16 January 2019]: The European Parliament voted today to mobilise almost EUR 700 billion for...
PRESS RELEASE: IP Europe welcomes the European Parliament’s decision to support SMEs in using intellectual property to boost growth and innovation through InvestEU
[Brussels: 13 December 2018] Today, the European Parliament has voted in the BUDG and ECON committees to approve funding for the InvestEU programme,...
PRESS RELEASE: 5G developers extend public comment period on draft licensing guidance and launch easy feedback tool
[Brussels: Tuesday, 20 November 2018] On Thursday, 11 October, IP Europe – alongside a number of international businesses involved in developing and...
PRESS RELEASE: IP Europe looks forward to working with new Commission Expert Group on Standard Essential Patents
[Brussels: Friday, 26 October 2018] Francisco Mingorance, Executive Secretary of IP Europe, commented on the European Commission’s announcement of...
IAM: Draft guidelines on 5G patent licensing draw stinging response from implementers
Draft principles and guidelines published today and covering the licensing of 5G and IoT-related standards essential patents on FRAND terms have...
World IP Review: EU standards bodies publish IoT and 5G FRAND principles
EU standards-setting organisations have today published six principles on the licensing of standard-essential patents (SEPs) in the realm of 5G and...
PRESS RELEASE: 5G developers publish patent licensing guidance to help more companies create connected products for the IoT
Sixty-day public comment period open until 13 December 2018 [Brussels: Thursday, 11 October 2018] IP Europe – the coalition of IP intensive...
A year in review: transparency and the EU Communication on SEPs
A year on from the European Commission’s Communication on standard-essential patents (SEPs), published in November 2017, Monica Magnusson, vice...
Wanted: experts on SEP licensing and FRAND
The following is an excerpt from an article that appeared in World Intellectual Property Review on the 12th of September 2018. The author, Adrian...
IPProPatents: European Commission seeks SEP group members
The European Commission has set up a group to consider licensing and valuations of standard-essential patents (SEPs). The SEP group was created by...
World IP Review: European Commission seeks applications for SEP group
The European Commission today announced it has set up a group to consider the licensing and valuation of standard-essential patents (SEPs). The SEP...
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