European Union: Lawsuit challenging European Commission's withdrawal of proposal for regulation on standard essential patents (Wolken v Commission/Case T-662/25)

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
25 Nov 2025 under deliberation
26 Sep 2025 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Policy Area
Intellectual property
Policy Instrument
Patent protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
legislature
judiciary
Government Body
parliament
court
Implementation Level
supranational

Timeline of events

25 Nov 2025
under deliberation

Parliament voted to maintain lawsuit challenging European Commission's withdrawal of proposal for regulation on standard essential patents

On 25 November 2025, the Parliament voted in favour of maintaining the lawsuit challenging the European Commission's withdrawal of a proposal for a regulation on standard essential patents (SEP). The lawsuit challenges the European Commission’s refu…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type opinion
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
26 Sep 2025
under deliberation

Lawsuit challenging European Commission's withdrawal of proposal for regulation on standard essential patents was filed at General Court

On 26 September 2025, the lawsuit challenging the European Commission's withdrawal of a proposal for a regulation on standard essential patents (SEP) was filed at the General Court. On 11 February 2025, the European Commission stated in its 2025 wor…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type announcement
Government branch judiciary
Government body court