The 9th IP and Competition Forum, 18th & 19th June, Munich
Day One – June 18 2024
8.00–9.00 Conference Opening & Conference Chair
Managing Director OxFirst
9.00–9.10 Opening Remarks
Ministerialdirigent. Head of Division of Civil and Consumer Law. Bavarian Ministry of Justice
9.10–9.25 Updates on the Unified Patent Court
Chair: Partner, A&O Shearman
Keynote
Presiding Judge at the Court of Appeal in Munich and Unified Patent Court.
9.30–10.15 Injunctions and Damage Awards under the Unified Patent Court
Chair: Partner, A&O Shearman
Discussants: Lead IP Litigation Counsel Europe, ZTE
Partner DLA Piper
Senior Litigation Counsel HP Deutschland, HP
10.20 – 10.50 Coffee Break
10.50–11.00 Unified Patent Court Experiences
Vienna Higher Regional Court. Austrian Local Division of the Unified Patent Court.
11.05–11.40 FRAND Licensing Rate Determination, Transparency & Willing and Unwilling licensees
Chair: Partner, Taliens
Discussants: Vossius Brinkhof
Chief EU IP Litigation Counsel, Huawei
Partner, Paul Hastings
11.40–12.25 IP Business Strategy & Sustainability
Chair: Managing Editor for ESG, Bloomberg News
Discussants: Director Consultant, IEEE
Head of IP Protections, Syngenta
OxFirst
12.30–13.00 Life Sciences Litigation in the Unified Patent Court & the UK – injunctions and the public interest
Chair: Partner, Powell Gilbert
Discussants: Head Global Patent Litigation, Fresenius Medical Care
Head Global Patent Litigation
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 14.20 Ballet Performance ‘Donauwaltzer‘ Dans-es Volkoper Wien
14.20–15.10 Anti Suit Injunctions & Access to Courts
Chair: Head of Global Litigation and Disputes, Nokia
Discussants: European Commission, DG Trade
Head of European IPR, Huawei
Formerly Federal Circuit of the United States of America
Partner, Bristows
15.10–16.20 Will the Proposed EC Regulation on Standard Essential Patents resolve SEP disputes?
Keynote: Legal Officer, IPR Unit. DG Grow. European Commission
Brief Reflections from Academia:
Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Innovation
and Competition
Reader, City University London
Chair: Principal Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Discussants: Principal Expert, European Patent Attorney BMW
Head of IP SEP, Continental
Head of IP Policy & Advocacy, Nokia
IPR Policy Manager, Ericsson
16.20– 16.50 Coffee Break
16.50–17.25 Continuation: Will the Proposed EC Regulation on Standard Essential Patents resolve SEP disputes?
Chair: Acting General Counsel, Access Advance
Discussants: IP Transactions, Giesecke + Devrient
Partner, HGF
Patent Attorney, Continental
17.30–18.00 Global Effects of the Unified Patent Court on licensing & litigation
Chair: Partner, Eisenführ & Speiser
Discussants: Managing Director and Co-owner, Papst Licensing
Partner, Paul Hastings
18.00 Reception
Day Two – June 19 2024
8.00–9.00 Meeting Opening
9.00–9.40 International FRAND Litigation Perspectives Judges Panel
Frand Royalty Rate Determination and Beyond
Discussants: Deputy High Court and Patent Court Judge of England and Wales
Presiding Judge, The Hague Local Division, Unified Patent Court
9.45–10.45 Cross Border Litigation Perspectives on FRAND
Discussants: Partner, Hogan Lovells
Partner, DLA Piper
Of Counsel, Bristows
Principal Licensing Counsel, Philips
10.50 – 11.25 Coffee Break
11.30–12.15 Artificial Intelligence
Digital Technologies, BSH Hausgeräte
Partner, A&O Shearman
Partner, Bristows
Head of EU AI Policy, Amazon
12.20–13.00 Standard Essential Patents Perspectives
Discussants: Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Partner, Powell Gilbert
Associate Director, Osborne Clark
13.00 – 14.10 Lunch
14.10–14.55 European & International Perspectives on the Unified Patent Court
Chair: Partner, Vossius Brinkhof
Discussants: Partner Trevisan Cuonzo
Partner, Law Firm of Ken Adamo
Partner, Dehns
15.00 – 15.30 Coffee Break
15.40–16.10 Transparency in Litigation Finance
Chair: Taliens
Discussants: Head of European Patent Litigation, Google
Director Intellectual Property Policy, Intel
16.15–17.10 International Judiciary Experiences – Judges Panel
Discussants: Presiding Judge, Munich I Regional Court, Patent Infringement Panel.
Supervisory Attorney at U.S. International Trade Commission
Judge of the Tokyo District Court
17.15–17.20 Close of Conference
17.30 End of Conference