Antitrust Antitrust

EU judges must lay out framework for standard-essential patent licensing, car industry executives say

By Khushita Vasant and Jakub Krupa
  • 27 Sep 2021 16:06
  • 27 Sep 2021 16:06
EU car manufacturers and auto parts makers could be limited in their ability to develop connected and autonomous vehicles of the future if the EU's top court doesn't resolve a standoff over the way standard-essential patents (SEPs) should be licensed, German automotive industry leaders warned today.
Judges also should define

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Khushita Vasant

Chief Antitrust Correspondent, US


Khushita covers US antitrust enforcement and litigation for MLex. A former Brussels hand, she wrote about about antitrust & mergers for the Policy and Regulatory Report (PaRR), she has covered the EU's actions against Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon to name a few. Khushita specialises in tech and patent policy coverage which featured in the Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards. Previously as a financial journalist for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, she wrote about monetary policy and the bond and currency markets. Khushita studied journalism at Mumbai University, and received an Erasmus Mundus scholarship for a masters from universities in Germany and Austria.

Jakub Krupa

Senior Correspondent


Jakub joined MLex’s London team in August 2020 to report on topics including data privacy and security, cybersecurity, and telecom regulation, focusing on EU & UK regulatory and legal risk in the telecoms, media and technology (TMT) sectors. He is currently working on MLex's coverage of future mobility, in particular the rise of connected, electric and autonomous vehicles.

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