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26 February 2024NewsPatentsMuireann Bolger

Tech firms ramp up pressure on EU over ‘flawed’ SEP proposals

Letter to MEPs insists patents plan would increase Europe’s “dependence on technologies developed elsewhere” | Vote on proposed amendments attracted a slew of abstentions | Proposal condemned as “a worrying development” that moves the EU “closer to an act of self-harm”.

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