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Comment: Connected-cars patent fight to explore legal gray area for licensing

By Lewis Crofts, Matthew Newman and Michael Acton ( April 29, 2019, 16:23 GMT | Comment) -- Daimler, Valeo and Continental’s quest to get better licensing terms from Nokia could shake up the automotive industry as vehicles integrate more technology. With commercial relations in flux, the fight will test parts of EU law which some may read as obliging patent holders to offer licenses to all comers, but others will say falls far short of that duty.As cars integrate ever more technology, a legal fight is brewing over whether the holders of connectivity-related patents should offer licenses to the makers of the relevant car parts, or of the cars as a whole....

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