On Tuesday 27 February, MEPs debated the report by Marion Walsmann (EPP, German) on Standards Essential Patents (SEPs). SEPs protect a technology that is essential for compliance with a certain standard. The Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) adopted the report by a narrow majority: 13 votes in favour and 10 abstentions.
Several members of the EPP, the political group to which the rapporteur belongs, do not support the text adopted. They consider that it will create red tape and that it...