EU sets out tech patent rules to limit lawsuits

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EU sets out tech patent rules to limit lawsuits

Says self-regulation of 'standard essential patents' hasn't worked.

The European Commission proposed rules on Thursday to govern patents increasingly in demand for technologies used in smart devices such as drones, connected cars and mobile phones, to try to reduce litigation. The Commission said the system for what are known as standard-essential patents ...

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