OxFirst is hosting a very interesting conference on FRAND and globalization on October 18, 2019 at the University of Oxford. The press release states:
The decisions of national courts on fair, reasonable, and
non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing rates have the potential to impact the
licensing and litigation of standard essential patents (SEPs) internationally,
according to speakers at OxFirst’s 4th intellectual property (IP)
and competition forum.
“The global FRAND licensing framework is meant to strike a
balance between the rights of the Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) holders and
the needs of downstream innovators,” says Dr Roya Ghafele, founder and CEO of
OxFirst.
“Decisions made at the national level, by national courts,
bear the potential to affect licensing negotiations in other jurisdictions. It
is therefore important that such decisions take into account the increasingly
global nature of commerce,” Ghafele adds.
SEPs have become central to patent wars in information and
communications technology because the use of these patents is essential for
compliance with technical standards. Standards such as 3G, 4G, GSM or UMTS have
been instrumental for the establishment of wireless communication. The advent
of 5G bears the potential to be a crucial element for the internet of things.
(IoT) As such, there is a lot at stake.
OxFirst’s conference, titled “Globalisation and FRAND: Coming
to grips with the interplay of IP and competition law”, addresses issues facing
the various players in these patent wars.
The conference, held Oct 18 at St Cross College, at the
University of Oxford, is attended by academics, government officials, and IP
experts in the commercial world.
Among the speakers at the conference are Hon Judge Fabian
Hoffman, a judge of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice of
Germany); Prof Eric Sergheraert, from the University of Lille; Prof Valerio
Sterzi, from the University of Bordeaux; and Prof Thomas Cotter, from the
University of Minnesota.
OxFirst is scheduled to host its next IP and competition
symposium in Brussels in February 2020. OxFirst Conferences are fully
accredited for continuous legal professional education for the legal
profession.
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