Continental welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the new framework for standard-essential patents. Continental strongly supports the European Commissions efforts to provide an intellectual property framework that strike[s] a balance between promoting innovation by protecting IP on the one hand and not blocking companies access to IP and to the single market on the other.
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Continental
Company · Germany · EU Transparency Register 06248449380-53
2
positions filed
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of 583 tracked
2
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Who they are
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declared lobbying FTE
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declared costs / yr (floor)
1
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2012
in the register since
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- Tyres Europe www.tyreseurope.org
- European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation (ETRTO) www.etrto.org
- European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA) www.clepa.eu
- Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA) www.vda.de
- ERTRAC www.ertrac.org
- Friends of Europe www.friendsofeurope.org
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 2 Sept 2026).
- Register category
- Entities
- Registered as
- Continental AG (Conti)
- Head office
- Hannover, Germany
- EU office
- Brussels
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Continental filed 2 positions between 9 May 2022 and 9 Aug 2023, across 1 of the 583 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Continental welcomes the opportunity to provide input for the Call for Evidence on Standard Essential Patents. Continental strongly supports the European Commission’s efforts to provide an intellectual property framework that “strike[s] a balance between promoting innovation by protecting IP on the one hand and not blocking companies’ access to IP and to the single market on the other” as the…
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