Yesterday, ACT | The App Association submitted a letter to the Council of the European Union, urging Member States to uphold their role in the legislative process by engaging in discussions on the Proposed Regulation on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs). The European Commission’s recent request to withdraw the regulation, despite its broad support from the European Parliament and stakeholders, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), risks undermining innovation and fair competition in the EU.
‘At this critical moment for both standards-based innovation and the Council’s role in European legislative process, we urge the Council to actively engage in discussions on the SEP Regulation and push back against the Commission’s attempt to withdraw a proposal that has made significant progress toward a more balanced framework for standardised innovation in the EU’, said Mike Sax, founder and chairperson of ACT | The App Association.
Read our full letter to the Council here.