Is “licensing for all” dead?

Supposedly the Commission’s latest draft no longer has the phrase “licensing for all”, the sources known to Reuters said.  They also said a key sentence in an earlier proposal has also been deleted. That sentence said that right holders could not unilaterally set prices according to the way in which a patent is used.

We shall know for sure pretty soon.   The real question will be what various courts and regulators around the world do with the issued guidelines…

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-patents/eu-patent-fee-guidelines-to-favor-qualcomm-ericsson-others-sources-idUSKBN1DR1BM