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HP is a technology company that operates in more than 170 countries around the world.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

15 May 2025 · Omnibus

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

15 May 2025 · Sustainability omnibus

Response to Revision of the EU competition rules on technology transfer agreements (Guidelines)

25 Apr 2025

As a leading technology company, HP Inc. welcomes the opportunity to provide comments. HP Inc. is committed to promoting the licensing of standardised technologies on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. Our extensive experience as both an owner of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and a product innovator and therefore user of SEPs allows us to offer a balanced perspective on this consultation. As both a product innovator and therefore SEP user and SEP holder/owner, HP understands clearly the need for a fair and balanced system. HP Inc. is a global technology leader, operating in more than 170 countries and delivering a wide range of innovative and sustainable devices, services and subscriptions for personal computing, printing, 3D printing, hybrid work, gaming, and more. HP Inc. supports the review of the TTBER. We believe that the TTBER and the Guidelines are outdated and should be updated to reflect current market practices and often anti-competitive behaviours. The current broken system adversely affects competition and consumers in the EU Patent Pools Patent pools, particularly the collective licensing of SEPs, operate largely without competition law scrutiny, which can restrict competition. Since 2014, new patent pools have emerged in market segments such as the Internet of Things (IoT). Concerns include evasion of FRAND obligations, refusal to license, lack of transparency, inadequate essentiality assessments, duplicative royalty rates, incentivising collective litigation, lack of independence, and price setting of pool rates. 121 licensing The TTBER and the Guidelines should be updated to address these practices and set clear guidance to mitigate competition concerns. The current TTBER exempts 121 licensing, and we would like it included. SEP licensing should not be exempted under market-share thresholds due to the essential nature of SEPs, which cover 100% of the market. The Guidelines should contain a specific section dealing with SEP licensing from both patent pools and 1-1 SEP licensing perspectives.
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Meeting with Thomas Schmitz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen) and Apple Inc. and

11 Apr 2025 · Copyright levies reform

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

9 Apr 2025 · Omnibus I

Response to Foreign Subsidies Guidelines

26 Mar 2025

Clarification on Foreign Subsidies for Natural Disasters: Article 4(4) of the FSR states that "foreign subsidy may be considered not to distort the internal market to the extent that it is aimed at making good the damage caused by natural disasters or exceptional occurrences." This provision needs further clarification to provide predictability for companies regarding the analysis of competition disposition in the internal market. The guidelines should clarify the concrete implications and benefit of this provision for companies. Detailed Analysis of Competition Distortion and Balancing Test: The analysis of competition distortion and the balancing test for State Aids is methodically detailed in the communication 2016/C 262/01. For the sake of predictability, it would be beneficial to provide the same level of precision for the analysis of competition distortion and the balancing test concerning foreign subsidies. This would ensure that companies have a clear understanding of the criteria and methodology used in assessing the impact of foreign subsidies on the internal market.
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Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament) and Dow Europe GmbH and

13 Mar 2025 · Chemical policies, REACH

Meeting with Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and LVMH Publica and

14 Mar 2024 · DSA

Meeting with Christel Schaldemose (Member of the European Parliament)

26 May 2022 · on-site visit, hardware sustainability, circular economy, hardware innovation

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

9 Sept 2021 · EU’s long-term vision on strategic autonomy and reshoring opportunities in the technology sector

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

9 Sept 2021 · exchange of views on resilience and industrial policy

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

22 May 2017 · Digital Innovation Hub of Catalonia

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip) and Sky Group and

27 Apr 2017 · Revision of the Directive on Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner) and IBM Corporation and

1 Jun 2016 · DSM

Meeting with Stephen Quest (Director-General Informatics)

21 Sept 2015 · Public Sector Modernisation

Meeting with Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

23 Apr 2015 · Data protection regulation

Meeting with Aurore Maillet (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella)

12 Feb 2015 · Circular Economy

Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy)

4 Feb 2015 · DSM

Meeting with Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

20 Jan 2015 · Data protection

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

11 Dec 2014 · Digital economy and society

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and

11 Dec 2014 · Presentation of the Annual Growth Survey 2015 outlining the main priorities for the jobs and growth agenda /in the context of the flagship conference ‘Reinvigorating the European Economy: Policies to Foster Jobs, Growth and Innovation’.