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Revision of the rules for the assessment of licensing agreements for the transfer of technology
03 February 2012
The IP Federation has submitted a response to the European Commission's public consultation for the revision of the current framework for the assessment of technology transfer agreements, including the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation and its corresponding Notice, scheduled to expire in April 2014, with closing date 3 February 2012.
The IP Federation is broadly in favour of the Block Exemption Regulation and Guidelines as they stand. Providing legal certainty is a great advantage to business when entering into licensing arrangements.
Certain aspects of it, such as the Market Share test, could usefully be reviewed. Even so, we would urge caution before any changes are considered or made to the Regulation which would undermine established business practice.
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