On Thursday 16 April, the European Commission adopted a revised version of the European Union’s competition rules on technology transfer agreements, namely the ‘TTBER’ block exemption regulation (316/2014) and guidelines on the application of Article 101 TFEU), in place since March 2014 (see EUROPE B13707A20).
Through these agreements, a company holding rights (patents, designs, copyrights) over technologies can authorise another company, usually through licensing agreements, to use...