SEP owners brace for bad news despite EU lobbying

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SEP owners brace for bad news despite EU lobbying

Rory O’Neill
April 20 2023
People communicate European Commission building.Brussels, Belgium - 02 Mar 2011

Sources say the European Commission has no plans to pause its SEP regulation, despite the pleas of ETSI and IP owners

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