OxFora 14th Intellectual Property and Competition Forum
The Global Chess Game: International Patent Strategy in a Fragmented World
Date
23-24 June 2026
Location
DPMA Forum, Munich
A platform for shaping the reference point of cross-border patent enforcement.
Patent Enforcement Is Redrawing the Global Innovation Map
Injunctions now determine market access.
Licensing frameworks shape industrial strategy.
Courts influence geopolitical balance.
The OxFora IP & Competition Forum convenes senior judges, competition authorities, patent offices, and global industry leaders to address the structural tensions between sovereignty, innovation, and competition in a fragmented world order.
Topics
Injunctions & Leverage How access to injunctions reshapes bargaining power and global licensing dynamics.
Cross-Border Strategy Forum shopping, parallel proceedings, and anti-suit injunctions as structural features of modern disputes.
Patent Strength What constitutes a strong patent in an international enforcement environment.
Competition & Licensing The intersection of antitrust scrutiny, technology transfer, and innovation incentives.
Judicial Convergence Is alignment emerging across Germany, the US, Brazil, Asia, and Europe or is fragmentation the new normal?
Judiciary
Companies
- OxFirst
- BMW
- Nokia
- Huawei
- HP
- Philips
- Amazon
- Access Advance
- Panasonic
- Bosch BSH Haushaltsgeräte
- Volkswagen
- Deutsche Telekom
- Giesecke + Devrient
- Xiaomi
- 3M
- Dell
- Warner Bros Discovery
- Harman Automotive
- Qualcomm
- Canon
- ZTE
- Sisvel
- RPX
- ByteDance
- Mercedes
- LG
- Airbus
- Bayer
- Fair Standards Alliance
Policy Makers
- Policy Officer DG Competition, European Commission
- Director & Chair Bundeskartellamt
- Head of Standard Essential Patents, IP & Competition Policy UKIPO
- Head of European Affairs UKIPO
- Head of International Affairs UKIPO
- Head of International Affairs DPMA
- Legal Officer Legal Services, European Commission
Law Firms
- Hogan Lovells
- Vossius Brinkhof
- Hoffmann Eitle
- Powell Gilbert
- Osborne Clarke
- Freshfields
- A&O Shearman
- Carpmaels
- Thum & Partner
- King & Fisher
- DLA Piper
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- HLK IP
- Licks Attorneys
- Casalonga
- Trevisan Cuonzo
Participation is still subject to change
THEMES
How divergent national standards reshape litigation strategy, licensing dynamics, and market access.
Why cases increasingly migrate across borders — and how ASIs and interim licences have become tactical tools.
German courts hearing US and Icelandic patent disputes; US perspectives on foreign proceedings.
Views from patent offices and Boards of Appeal on what constitutes a “strong patent”.
How access to injunctions shifts bargaining leverage in SEP and non-SEP negotiations.
Perspectives on injunctions, LNGs, technology transfer, hold-up, and innovation incentives.
Comparative views from Germany, Brazil, Japan, China, and Korea.
(*)Subject to change
Principles
The Forum is guided by:
- Academic independence
- Respect for judicial neutrality
- Balanced representation of perspectives
Participation is intended for professionals actively engaged in the field of intellectual property and competition law. Please email: info@oxfirst.com for more information
The Oxfora Charter Initiative
A focused effort to identify practical reference points for responsible and predictable cross-border patent enforcement.
Not legislation.
Not advocacy.
But structured judicial and institutional dialogue aimed at strengthening legal certainty in innovation markets.
Sponsors
We are grateful to our sponsors for their generous support of the Intellectual Property and Competition Forum.
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