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Igor Nikolic

Igor Nikolic is director of intellectual-property policy at Nokia. Previously, he was research fellow at the Centre for a Digital Society. He has also taught competition law at University College London (UCL), King’s College, and the University of Turin and worked on the report by the BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre on "Digital Era Competition: a BRICS View."

Igor completed his PhD at UCL on the licensing of standard-essential patents in the era of 5G and the Internet of Things, and is also associated as a senior fellow at UCL’s Centre for Law, Economics & Society.

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European Commission’s Leaked SEP Regulation Would Increase Costs for Innovators, Hurt EU Competitiveness, and Fail to Reduce Litigation

Igor Nikolic Apr 07, 2023

The European Commission is working on a legislative proposal that would regulate the licensing framework for standard-essential patents (SEPs). A regulatory proposal leaked to the press has already been the subject of extensive commentary (see here, here, and here). The proposed regulation apparently will include a complete overhaul of the current SEP-licensing system and will ... European Commission’s Leaked SEP Regulation Would Increase Costs for Innovators, Hurt EU Competitiveness, and Fail to Reduce Litigation

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