5 July

3rd IP & Antitrust: Hot Issues

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From 5 to 6 July

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Program

18:00 - 19:30 CEST — #1 REGULATION OF SEPs LICENSING: DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS JURISDICTIONS

5 July

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

Jonathan BARNETT | Professor, Gould School of Law, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (bio)
Florian MUELLER | Founder, FOSS Patents, Germany (bio)
Fabian GONELL | Senior Vice President, Licensing Strategy and Legal Counsel, Qualcomm, San Diego (bio)

Moderator: Shreya GUPTA | Principal, Oxera, London (bio)

18:00 - 19:30 CEST — #2 VALUATION AND FRAND RELATED DISPUTES

6 July

Keynote: Marcus SMITH | President, Competition Appeal Tribunal, London (bio)

Avantika CHOWDHURY | Partner, Oxera, London (bio)
Lorenzo COPPI | Executive Vice President, Compass Lexecon, London (bio)
Huw EDWARDS | Director, Head of Litigation Operations, Nokia, Munich (bio)

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

DOCUMENTATION

If you would like to read about this event’s topic, you can access the following Concurrences documents. If you do not have access, please inquire for Subscription here.

1. Peter D. Camesasca, Martin Juhasz, The EU Commission publishes its draft regulation on standard essential patents with the aim to provide more transparency and predictability in this area, 27 April 2023

2. Igor Nikolic, The EU Commission reviews draft legislative proposal to regulate the licensing framework for standard-essential patents, 31 March 2023

3. Elias Olsson, Steve Ross, Peter L’Ecluse, The UK High Court issues second landmark ruling in a FRAND royalty rates dispute (InterDigital / Lenovo), 16 March 2023

4. Catherine Longeval, Michael Clancy, Peter L’Ecluse, Koen T’Syen, The Spanish Competition Authority fines a contraceptive products company for abuse of dominant position over alleged abuse of patent rights (Merck Sharp & Dohme), 25 October 2022,

5. Kyriakos Fountoukakos, Peter Rowland, Jose Munoz, The EU Commission issues Statement of Objections against a pharmaceutical company over alleged abuse of dominance consisting of misuse of divisional patents and a disparagement campaign against its closest competitor (Teva), 10 October 2022

6. Gabriella Muscolo, Luca Arnaudo, Patent Settlements: An overview of US, EU and national case law, 1 September 2022

7. Sarah Bayer, The US Court of Appeal for the Seventh Circuit rejects a "patent thicket" allegation against a pharmaceutical company, on the claim of prevention of market entry (AbbVie), 1 August 2022

Organizers

The 3rd edition of the "IP & Antitrust: Hot Issues" Conference is organised by Concurrences Review, in partnership with Baker Botts and Oxera Consulting, with the support of panel and media sponsors. Please register for the webinar of each panel if you wish to attend several sessions. These webinars are open to all without fee/cost. The list of attendees will be communicated to the speakers. By registering for a webinar, you are submitting your information to the webinar organisers, who will use it to communicate with you regarding this event and their other services. This webinar will be recorded. If your question is selected for the Q&A session, you are consenting to be recorded. The official hashtag of this event on our social media is #IPAntitrust. Use it to get updated and add your inputs to the discussions. See above this page for the links to our social media accounts. Conference accredited by the CPD Certification Service and by the Paris Bar.

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