TechREG® Chronicle – Standardization
TechREG Chronicle® December 2025
Dear Readers, This edition of the Chronicle surveys a fast-shifting landscape in global standard-setting and technology governance. To open, Richard S. Taffet urges regulators to finally move beyond the endless debates over standard-essential patent (“SEP”) licensing and focus instead on strengthening the voluntary, private-sector-led standards ecosystem. Drawing on the...
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