Fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND), Intellectual property (IP), Regulation, Standard essential patent (SEP)
The EC SEP Regulation Proposal: New Rules To be FRAND?
On 27 April, about a month after an unofficial leaked version, the European Commission published the highly-contentious Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) Regulation Proposal. The Proposal aims to facilitate SEP licensing by increasing transparency over SEPs, reducing information asymmetries between SEP licensors and implementers and facilitating the agreement on Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (‘FRAND’) licenses. Such…