The European Commission is considering a radical overhaul of the system governing Standard Essential Patents (SEPs). A leaked proposal suggests that the Commission wants to take control over the registration of SEPs, take efforts to regulate their essentiality, and intervene in negotiations over...

The EU published its new Standardisation Strategy in 2022. The strategy contains some good ideas to improve the way European standards are set. However, in its attempt to gain more control over technical standards, the EU risks killing the goose that lays the golden egg. The primary motivation...

Combustible tobacco products (e.g., cigarettes and cigars) continue to be one of the leading causes of preventable disease, disability, and death in the US. Despite over a century of understanding the harms of tobacco products, a combination of political, policy, and legal battles delayed...

Over the last three decades, transnational certification standards have proliferated to fill perceived ‘governance gaps’ in developing countries. Transnational non-government organisations and private standards-setting agencies have developed standards that cover a vast range of areas such...