EU Parliament lawmakers vote to sue Commission over withdrawn patent bill

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BRUSSELS — Lawmakers in the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee have voted to go ahead and sue the European Commission for axing a proposal to regulate patent licensing. The JURI committee on Tuesday voted in favor of referring the Commission to the Court of Justice of the European Union for breaching EU law by withdrawing a proposal to regulate standard essential patents . The patents, for 4G and 5G networks used in mobile phones and connected cars, have been at the center of a long-

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