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EU to consult on standard-essential patents initiative for 2022

By Nicholas Hirst
  • 14 Jul 2021 05:52
  • 14 Jul 2021 05:52
Nokia, Daimler, Qualcomm and others battling over access to key patented technology will be quizzed by EU policymakers this year over how best to improve what are often fraught negotiations.
The European Commission yesterday indicated it would open a call for feedback on a “new framework for standard-essential patents,” or

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Nicholas Hirst

Chief Correspondent


Nicholas covers EU merger review and antitrust investigations for Mlex in Brussels. He previously wrote about EU affairs for Politico Europe, European Voice and PaRR. After earning an LLM in European law from the College of Europe in Bruges, he spent a year working in the competition practice of a leading competition law firm in Brussels 2009-10. He graduated in modern European languages from Oxford University in 2006.

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