Standard Essential Patents and Innovation: Call for views
The government is undertaking a call for views on standard essential patents. To better understand the current framework’s function to support innovation.
The government seeks views as to whether the Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) framework is functioning efficiently and strikes the right balance for all entities involved.
Our aim is to produce the optimal IP framework for the UK that will promote innovation and creativity both now and, in the future. Whilst ensuring the government’s ambitions set out in the Innovation Strategy and Diversification Strategy is supported.
We ask for your responses on the issues effecting the SEPs framework highlighted in the sections of the call for views. We would like evidence-based responses where possible.
This call for views will run for 12 weeks. It is open from 7 December 2021 and will close on 1 March 2022.