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UK's SEP consultation holds out prospect of a stronger hand for licensees

By Douglas Clarke-Williams ( July 18, 2025, 15:08 GMT | Comment) -- UK government proposals to streamline the rate-setting process for standard essential patents could hand smaller licensee businesses a valuable weapon against larger licensors: having the traditionally veiled licensing process brought out into the sunlight.Suggestions for a new “rate determination track” within the UK's Intellectual Property Enterprise Court raise the possibility that details of rates set for the licensing of standard essential patents through this mechanism could be made public....

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