In May 2023, Juliet wrote about the proposal for a EU Regulation on standard essential patents that issued on 27 April 2023 and whether this will this make it through to EU legislation. So what has happened since?
Three committees have been appointed: the Committee on International Trade (INTA), the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) and the Committee for the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO).
The views of JURI and IMCO are not yet in, but the draft opinion from INTA, which issued on 2 October 2023, indicates that INTA has some concerns. So it is looking like the proposal is unlikely to get rubber-stamped by the committees straight through to approval.
The main amendments suggested by INTA are: Read more