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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...
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...
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...
European Commission’s (DG Grow) new SEP licensing expert group must seek consensus
[Brussels: Thursday, 5 July 2018] Francisco Mingorance, Executive Secretary of IP Europe, commented on the launch of DG Grow’s terms of reference...
POLITICO EU: Telcogeopolitics – West vs. China in 5G race
LONDON — In smoke-filled conference halls and nondescript hotels from Brussels to Busan, South Korea, a years long battle has been underway for...
World IP Review: Qualcomm helps launch IP funding initiative in Europe
Semiconductor company Qualcomm has teamed up with sovereign investment fund France Brevets and IP Europe, an alliance of innovation-intensive...
IAM: Qualcomm, France Brevets and IP Europe join forces to create a new funding initiative for European SMEs
A new financing and advisory mechanism to help innovative European SMEs secure high-quality patents and build effective portfolios will be rolled...
PRESS RELEASE: France Brevets and IP Europe aim to lead European SME entrepreneurs through the ‘innovation valley of death’
‘European Patent Factory fund’ and ‘expert advisory partnership’ to be launched in 2019 [Brussels, 22 June 2018] Today, at the IP Europe Annual SME...
World IP Review: 5G specs provide FRAND food for thought
The first 5G specifications have been released, prompting questions about the challenges of licensing standard-essential patents (SEPs) in the...
PRESS RELEASE: Specifications for the 5G cellular network released
‘Next generation’ wireless network to enable a radical increase in up and download speeds, and new applications that require ‘real-time’...
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