By Steve Scherer ( November 3, 2026, 20:45 GMT | Comment) -- A renewed EU effort to regulate standard-essential patent licensing risks splintering global markets and harming smaller innovators and patent pool administrators, Sisvel's executive head of government affairs, Matteo Sabattini, told MLex. He argued that intervention is unwarranted because the licensing system is functioning effectively, with industry-led patent pools addressing market needs.A renewed push for EU regulation of licensing for standard-essential patents, or SEPs, could fragment global licensing and undermine smaller innovators and patent pool administrators, a senior Sisvel executive said in a recent interview with MLex....
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