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Cynthia Kroet

EU Commission confirms ditching of AI liability and patents proposals

The European Commission has formally withdrawn proposals for an AI Liability Directive and a Regulation on Standard Essential Patents (SEP), despite some resistance from lawmakers and member states, a spokesperson for the institution confirmed to Euronews. 

In its work program published last February, the Commission announced its plans to withdraw the two files because it saw “no foreseeable agreement” being reached. Some MEPs and member states resisted the move, but this now seems to have been ineffective. They had six months to oppose the decision. 

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