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Has the EU reached a dead end on Standard Essential Patents?

By Inbar Preiss ( February 5, 2026, 11:50 GMT | Comment) -- Now that Germany has shut the door on EU guidance for Standard Essential Patents — with the federal court siding with VoiceAge in its dispute with HMD — the European Commission's strategy for the heated technology licensing market looks cornered. With regulation stalled and courts unmoved, Brussels must decide whether to open a new front through antitrust enforcement, to look to the Unified Patent Court as a new avenue, or to retreat altogether.The European industry relying on technology standards — from phone manufacturers to car makers — is increasingly frustrated with how disputes over Standard Essential Patents are resolved in Europe. And in particular, with the ease with which patent holders can obtain injunctions in Germany....

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