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Voluntary deals at heart of EU’s new crisis licensing rules, key lawmaker says

By Inbar Preiss ( May 28, 2025, 18:12 GMT | Comment) -- European lawmakers reached a political agreement on a new compulsory licensing framework that preserves trade secret protections — an outcome that the European Parliament’s lead negotiator, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, said balances innovation incentives with emergency access. The regulation prioritizes voluntary agreements between patent holders and licensees with compulsory licenses allowed as a last resort. It also includes an evaluation clause that could enable the scope to expand beyond health-related crises in the future.European lawmakers struck a political agreement on a new EU-wide mechanism for compulsory licensing designed to secure access to critical goods and technologies during cross-border emergencies....

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