Thursday, June 2, 2022

Upcoming Concurrences Webinar on SEPs

Concurrences is putting on a webinar next week (June 7 and 8) on IP & Antitrust, specifically on SEP/FRAND issues.  Here is a link to the conference webpage, from which attendees can register.  Below is the program, which includes an interesting lineup of speakers:

18:00 - 19:30 CEST — #1 SEPS: IS THERE A NEED TO REVIEW THE BALANCE BETWEEN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ANTITRUST PRIORITIES?

The panel will focus on the announced EU Commission’s framework for licensing, litigation, and remedies of standard-essential patents (SEPs) and regulatory initiatives in other jurisdictions.

Keynote: Pierre REGIBEAU | Chief Economist, DG COMP, Brussels (bio)

Jonathan BARNETT | Professor, Gould School of Law at University of Southern California (bio)
Giovanni NAPOLITANO | Director, Intellectual Property and Competition Policy, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva (bio)
Maureen OHLHAUSEN | Partner, Baker Botts, Washington, D.C. (bio)
Michael SCHLOEGL | Head of IP SEP, General IP Counsel RO, Continental, Frankfurt (bio)

Moderator: Avantika CHOWDHURY | Partner, Oxera, London (bio)

8 June

18:00 - 19:30 CEST — #2 FRAND AND SEPS LITIGATION

The panel will discuss dispute-related issues associated with the licensing of SEPs, including main developments in Germany, the US and other key jurisdictions, ASIs, and the future of SEP litigation.

Keynote: Christine WILSON | Commissioner, US Federal Trade Commission, Washington D.C. (bio)

Jay JURATA | Partner, Orrick, Washington D.C. (bio)
Michael L. KEELEY | Partner, Axinn, Washington D.C. (bio)
Florian MUELLER | Founder, Foss Patents, Munich (bio)
Renato NAZZINI | Professor, King’s College London (bio)
Gunnar NIELS | Partner, Oxera, Oxford (bio)

Moderator: Paul LUGARD | Partner, Baker Botts, Brussels (bio)

 

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