SEP policy gets only brief mention in USTR’s IP trade report
By Nick Robertson ( May 7, 2026, 19:21 GMT | Comment) -- Despite lengthy comments from numerous IP stakeholders, standard essential patent (SEP) policy issues got little attention in the Office of US Trade Representative’s annual Special 301 report on IP trade. But those small mentions still go beyond prior acknowledgements, bringing praise from those concerned about US patent owners’ rights abroad.IP groups in the standard essential patent (SEP) space lauded the Office of US Trade Representative for mentioning SEP policy concerns in its annual Special 301 international trade report, a first in its history, but the report did not address many of the issues raised in comments to the agency....
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