11th Intellectual Property and Competition Forum
Day 1 June 26 2025
Start 8.30
8.30- 8.40 Conference Opening
8.40 – 9.30 The Role of National Courts in a Global World Order
Keynote Speaker: The Honourable Judge Dr Florian Schweyer, Judge, Munich District Court
Reactions from Practice:
Ken Adamo, Partner, Law Firm of Ken Adamo
Peter Pereira, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
Philipp Widera, Partner, Vossius & Brinkhof
9.35– 10.25 Next Generation SEPs Litigation & Licensing
Moderator: Priya Nair, Senior IP Counsel, ACT | The App Association
Dr Clemens Heusch, Vice President, Head of Global Litigation & Disputes Nokia
Daan De Lange, Partner, Vossius & Brinkhof
Michele Baccelli, Partner, Hoffmann Eitle
Pippa Wheeler, Senior Litigation Counsel, HP
10.30– 11.20 Frand and Non Frand Royalty Calculations
Moderator: Arty Rajendra, Partner, Osborne Clarke
Jack Peng, Head of Patent Litigation, Europe, Oppo
Earl Nied, Founding Director, Veracity IP
Professor Roya Ghafele, Founding Director, OxFirst
11.25 – 11.55 Coffee Break
12.00 – 12.45 Technology Transfer Block Exemptions
Moderator: Rory Clarke, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
Ilse van Eijk-Ozgu, Senior IP counsel, ASML
Brian Scarpelli, Senior Global Policy Counsel at ACT | The App Association
Dr Sophie Lawrance, Partner, Bristows
12.45 – 13.15 China’s approach to worldwide rate setting in perspective
Ruben Schellingerhout, Legal Officer at European Commission DG Trade
Professor Zhong Chung, Associate Dean & Associate Professor at the Intellectual Property Research Institute, Jinan University
13.15 – 14.15 Lunch
14.20 – 15.05 European & International Perspectives on the EC SEP Regulation
Moderator: Sebastian Fuchs, Partner, EIP
Collette Rawnsley, Vice President, Global IP Policy & Advocacy, Nokia
Alessandro Orsi, Vice President Legal, Associate General Counsel IP, HP
Kurt Brasch, Director, Patent Transactions, Uber
Uta Schneider, Vice President, Global Government Affairs, Avanci
15.10- 16.00 Patent Licensing & The Entertainment & Streaming Sector
Moderator: Desiree Heintz, Partner, Eisenfuhr & Speiser
Jako Eleveld, Head of IP Licensing, Vice-President Royal Philips
Dylan Li, Head of European IP Department, Huawei
Dr Dietrich Kamlah, Partner, Taylor Wessing
Jeffrey Blumenfeld, Competition and Policy Counsel, Access Advance & Founder, Competition Law Partners
16.00– 16.30 Coffee Break
16.35 – 17.05 Perspectives from a UK Judge
The Honourable Mr Justice Richard Meade, Judge, High Court of England & Wales
17.10 – 18.00 UK Court Standard Essential Patents Developments
Moderator: Professor Enrico Bonadio, London City University
James Boon, Partner, Bristows
Andrew Sharples, Partner, EIP
Ana-Mariya Madzhurova, Senior Policy Officer, Fair Standards Alliance
18.00 Reception
Day 2 June 27 2025
Start 8.30
8.40 – 9.25 UPC – Business Practice & Litigation Strategies
Moderator: Anne Schoen, Partner Hoffmann Eitle
Bernhard Thum, Partner, Thum & Partners
Dr Tobias Hessel, Partner, Clifford Chance
Bernhard Ganahl, Partner, HGF
9.30 – 10.20 Judges Perspectives on the UPC
The Honourable Judge Edger Brinkmann, Presiding Judge of The Hague’s local division of the UPC
The Honourable Judge Margot Kokke, Judge of The Hague’s local division of the UPC
The Honourable Judge Dr Stefan Wilhelm, Technical Judge UPC
10.25 – 10.55 Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.30 Perspectives on the Patent Mediation & Arbitration Centre
Mr Aleš Zalar, Director of the Patent Mediation & Arbitration Centre (PMAC) of the UPC
11.35 – 12.20 PMAC vs UPC? Perspectives on UPC Litigation vs Arbitration & Mediation
Moderator: Dr. Jonas Weickert, Partner, Thum & Partners
Wolfram Thomas, Senior Patent Counsel, Qualcomm
Daniel Papst, Managing Director & Co-owner Papst Licensing
Vittorio Cerulli Irelli, Partner, Trevisan Cuonzo
Professor Heinz Goddar, University of Bremen
12.25 – 12.55 Copyright Levies in the 21st Century
Pippa Wheeler, Senior Litigation Counsel, HP
Malter Firlus, Head EU AI Policy, Amazon
Dr Kathrin Bremer, Lawyer, Dell
13.00 – 14.05 Lunch
14.10 – 14.55 Future Scenarios for Standard Essential Patent Licensing
Moderator: Gustavo Hirsch, Partner, Daniel Law
Andrew Y. Yen, Chief IP Counsel, Panasonic
Julia Diaz, Senior IP Policy Counsel, Huawei
Dr Michael Froehlich, Director, Patent Developments & IP Lab European Patent Office
15.00-15.30 Latest Updates from the UK Judiciary
Lord Justice Richard Arnold, Court of Appeal of England and Wales
15.35 – 16.15 IP management, IP Business Strategy & Patent Valuation
Moderator: Frank Bollmann, Managing Director, Vossius & Brinkhof
Dr Alexander Haertel, Cluster Lead Patents, Deutsche Telekom
Artemy Ivanyushin, Intellectual Property Counsel, Sumsub
Michael Waltrip, Former Managing Director of IP Strategy, Xerox
Helene Jay, Vice President Audio Programs, Via Licensing Alliance
Robert Alizon, Chief IP Office, Teranode
16.15 End of Conference
After Conference Drinks
June 28 – Amsterdam Sightseeing –