Antitrust Antitrust

EU's Kramler says process of patent-licensing negotiations ‘very much’ an antitrust matter

By Khushita Vasant
  • 26 Mar 2021 17:09
  • 26 Mar 2021 18:19
The process of how patent holders and users negotiate a licensing agreement, and the degree of fairness and balance inherent in those discussions, is certainly an antitrust issue in the European Union, a senior European Commission official said today.
“It very much matters to us how this licensing negotiation process

To view the latest version of this document and thousands of others like it, sign-in to MLex or register for a free trial.

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.

Discover MLex

Stay on top of global regulatory developments

Latest News