Patent Wars and Technology Transfer Agreements: Should the EU Rules Change?

Lorenzo Coppi, Stefano Trento, Apr 30, 2012

The European Commission has recently launched a consultation on whether the rules governing intellectual property licensing should be revised after April 2014, when the current Technology Transfer Block Exemption and Guidelines will expire.

The Commission has not yet put any proposal for reform on the table, choosing instead to canvass stakeholders’ opinions regarding the functioning of the TTBER and Guidelines in general. However, in order to s