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21 February 2022Patents

EU begins WTO dispute against China over SEPs

In an  announcement made on Friday, February 18, the European Commission—which filed on behalf of the EU’s 27 members—said that EU companies were being deterred from protecting their standard-essential patents (SEP) in foreign courts.

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