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Francisco Mingorance, Executive Secretary of IP Europe, said: “We have seen that the WS-SEP2 document has been published on the CEN-CENELEC website and we will review it.”

“We hope that WS-SEP2 has followed the same approach taken by the European industry leaders in WS-SEP: creating a document that reflects and balances the legitimate needs of all players in the ecosystem with the goal of helping new businesses and sectors better understand the licensing of wireless technology standards such as 4G and 5G.”

[Brussels, 16 January 2019]: The European Parliament voted today to mobilise almost EUR 700 billion for additional investments across the continent and boost the growth of a new generation of innovative enterprises and SMEs. The InvestEU programme, which is part of the EU’s Multi-Annual Financial (MFF) Framework 2021-2027, brings together the various EU financial instruments currently available in order to benefit from economies of scale and to expand the Juncker Plan model.

[Brussels: 13 December 2018] Today, the European Parliament has voted in the BUDG and ECON committees to approve funding for the InvestEU programme, as part of the EU’s Multi-Annual Financial Framework 2021-2027. The programme is designed to boost the growth of a new generation of innovative enterprises and SMEs in Europe. It brings together the various EU financial instruments currently available (such as EFSI, CEF instruments, specific facilities under the COSME programme, and others) in order to benefit from economies of scale, and to expand the Juncker Plan model.

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[Brussels: Tuesday, 20 November 2018] On Thursday, 11 October, IP Europe – alongside a number of international businesses involved in developing and using wireless technology standards – published the draft CEN-CENELEC Workshop Agreement (CWA) entitled “Principles and guidance for licensing Standard Essential Patents in 5G and the Internet of Things, including the Industrial Internet”[1]. Today IP Europe has taken two actions to encourage more stakeholders to provide feedback on the CWA: (more…)

[Brussels: Friday, 26 October 2018] Francisco Mingorance, Executive Secretary of IP Europe, commented on the European Commission’s announcement of its expert group on licensing and valuation of standard essential patents, saying:

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Draft principles and guidelines published today and covering the licensing of 5G and IoT-related standards essential patents on FRAND terms have been slammed by the ACT App Association as “little more than an endorsement of abusive licensing practices against downstream innovators including SMEs and start-ups”.

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