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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Annalyn Zoglmann

Post-Brexit Shake-Up: Regulator Seeks to Replace EU Tech Licensing Exemption

The UK is seeking to modernise its technology licensing rules (Credit: Photo by Mathew Schwartz on Unsplash)

KEY POINTS

  • CMA advises scrapping EU-era TTBER as it expires in April 2026
  • Proposal introduces 12-year UK-specific tech licensing exemption
  • Outdated 'utility models' removed; database rights added

Britain's competition regulator has recommended scrapping the EU-era Assimilated Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (TTBER) when it expires on 30 April 2026, replacing it with a new 12-year UK Technology Transfer Block Exemption Order (TTBEO).

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