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 Financial Times
Apple, Microsoft and BMW urge EU to stop patent trolls.

 Apple, Microsoft and BMW, together with a broad group of other tech companies and carmakers, have called on the EU to take action against so-called patent trolls, who buy up patents in the hope of making a profit through licences or lawsuits. 
Other press coverage
 Patrick Oliver
 IP2I shares feedback on the Commission’s roadmap for the IP Action Plan
  IP2Innovate has responded to the request for feedback on the upcoming European Commission’s Intellectual Property Action Plan.
 Patrick Oliver
 European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME and IP2Innovate launch a joint campaign to fight patent abuse by Patent Assertion Entities
  BRUSSELS April 26th 2021 -  European Entrepreneurs CEA-PME and IP2Innovate today launched a joint campaign to fight patent abuse by Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), otherwise known as patent trolls.
 Euractiv
 Breton renews calls for a single European patent system
  Industry welcomed Breton’s comments on Monday, but also noted the importance of adapting a single framework for a European patent, before steaming ahead with the establishment of the UPC.