By Jean Comte ( April 18, 2025, 09:00 GMT | Comment) — IP-dependent industries, such as car makers, are counting on the ongoing review of the EU’s Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation to secure a safe harbor for Licensing Negotiation Groups — which they describe as the equivalent for patent implementers to the rulebook’s current patent pools. But patent owners are pushing back, labeling LNGs as akin to cartels. Complicating matters, German enforcers allowed an LNG last year, though with precise conditions, fueling uncertainty as to how they could look in the EU regime.The ever-present conflict between owners and implementers of patents has found a new battleground within the EU’s byzantine legal procedure: the ongoing review of the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation, or TTBER, with its accompanying guidelines….
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