15/02/2022 (Agence Europe) – On Monday, 14 February, the European Commission opened a call for evidence on a new framework for standard-essential patents (SEPs). This acronym refers to a patent that protects a technology said to be “essential” to a standard. Although patent holders commit to license their SEPs to users of the standard on fair terms, the European Commission does not consider the system for licensing SEPs to be “transparent, predictable and efficient”. This...