Harmonized patent rules are at the heart of the Commission’s proposal on intellectual property. The Commission promises that the patent system will become less bureaucratic, the fragmentation of the internal market will decrease, and conflicts over access to Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) will be defused. The package is related to the unitary patent, which will […]
Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton has defended the planned regulation of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) against criticism, saying, “SEPs are at the heart of the global technological race. They play a key role in unlocking the booming Internet of Things market”. SEP regulation is part of the intellectual property pact that the commission plans to adopt […]
The European Parliament is considering three options for its supplementary pension system, which is threatened with bankruptcy. Based on a capital fund, the pension system has not accepted members since 2009. Around 1,000 people still have claims to payments from the system. These are former MEPs and their surviving dependents. The payment obligations are expected […]
The Commission is sticking to its plan to present its proposal for regulating Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) on April 26. The SEP proposal will be presented as planned next Wednesday by Vice Commission President Margrethe Vestager as part of the patent package, a Commission spokesperson told Table.Media upon request.SEPs are patents that are essential for […]
For whom does the Commission prepare the legislative proposals? The first addressees are surely the co-legislators and not the press. That’s why Parliament has long insisted that the Commissioners not be the first to appear before journalists after “college”. At least during the Strasbourg weeks, when the music plays at the Parliament’s headquarters in France, […]
The pension arrangements for MEPs are to be reformed. According to information acquired by Table.Media, an initial orientation debate took place Monday evening in the Parliament’s Bureau without a decision being made. The body includes Parliament President Roberta Metsola, the 14 vice presidents and the five quaestors responsible for finance. According to reports, the Executive […]
Following massive lobbying activities, it appears to be touch and go whether the Commission will present its proposal on standard essential patents (SEP) as planned on April 26. According to reports, the College of Commissioners will decide at its meeting in Strasbourg today whether to stick to the original schedule or to revise the proposal […]
For the first time, a woman will be the number one candidate for the Christian Democrats in Baden-Wuerttemberg in a European election in 2024. Andrea Wechsler will head the CDU’s state list. Wechsler was born in 1977, is a lawyer, and works as a university teacher in Pforzheim.The top spot was previously held by Rainer […]
The disposable e-cigarette will disappear from the market in the EU by the end of 2026. This is the result of the compromise between Parliament and Council in the trilogue procedure on the Battery Regulation. It requires that three and a half years after the regulation comes into force, the batteries in portable devices, including […]
The EU is in the process of erecting trade barriers for the import of synthetic fuels. The delegated act defining the CO2 sources of RFNBO, which is currently being discussed by the co-legislators, sets higher production requirements in third countries than in the EU.RFNBO (Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin) are e-fuels for operating aircraft, ships […]