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EU Parliament lawsuit puts commission’s SEP withdrawal under treaty law scrutiny

By Inbar Preiss ( January 5, 2026, 16:02 GMT | Insight) -- The European Parliament has set out treaty-breach claims against the European Commission shown in an official notice published on Monday, challenging the withdrawal of a regulation for Standard Essential Patents in a dispute before the EU’s top court.The European Parliament’s lawsuit against the EU executive, over the withdrawal of proposed patent legislation, will put alleged breaches of EU treaty law under scrutiny by the bloc’s top judges....

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