Tuesday, 16 June 2026

Join Online: 14th Intellectual Property and Competition Forum The Global Patent Chess Game: International Patent Strategy in a Fragmented World Order 23–24 June 2026 | Munich & Online

 

The 14th IP & Competition Forum offers a series of highly topical online sessions on the changing architecture of global patent litigation, enforcement, licensing and competition policy.

Register for ALL ONLINE sessions here:
https://www.oxfora.org/webinar-14th-forum-live/

 


Injunctions at the Centre of Gravity in Global Patent Strategy
23 June 2026 | 08:30 London time

Moderator
Otto Licks, Founding Partner, Licks Attorneys

Speakers
Dr Thomas Dreiser, Chief IP Litigation Counsel, EMEA, Huawei
Chris Longman, Vice President, Legal Counsel, Qualcomm
Tom Brown, Head of IP Litigation, Dell
Lara Rogers, Head of IP Disputes, Amazon


Long-Arm Jurisdiction in Patent Disputes after BSH Hausgeräte v. Electrolux
23 June 2026 | 09:30 London time

Moderator
Dr Constanze Krenz, Partner, DLA Piper

Speakers
Dr Corin Gittinger, Partner, Freshfields
Alessandro Orsi, VP Legal, Associate General Counsel IP, HP
Dr Clemens Heusch, VP, Head of Global Litigation and Disputes, Nokia
Gerhard Tschiedel, IP Transactions Manager, Giesecke+Devrient


Competition Perspectives, LNGs, Standards & Patent Licensing
23 June 2026 | 15:00 London time

Moderator
Le Chen, Senior Director, IP Policy & Dispute Resolution

Speakers
Paul Bridgeland, Policy Officer, DG Competition, European Commission
Dr Felix Engelsing, Director, Bundeskartellamt
Dr Thomas Buchholz, Senior Expert Digital IP, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Alexander Prenter, Policy Director, Fair Standards Alliance
Collette Rawnsley, VP, IP Policy & Advocacy, Nokia


China: Litigation, Licensing & Global Influence
24 June 2026 | 07:30 London time

Keynote
Dr Juan He — Judge, Intellectual Property Court, Supreme People’s Court of China

Moderator
Jing Xu, Partner, King & Wood

Speakers
Na Wei, GM of Corporate Business Development & IP Strategy, Xiaomi
Vivienne Li, Head of Patent Licensing, ByteDance
Collette Rawnsley, VP, IP Policy & Advocacy, Nokia
Dylan Li, Head of European IPR Department, Huawei


Courts & Rate Setting
24 June 2026 | 11:00 London time

Keynote
Fabian Hoffmann — Judge, German Supreme Court

Moderator
Jeffrey Blumenfeld, Competition and Policy Counsel, Access Advance

Speakers
Shuang Cheng, Cellular Licensing Lead, Xiaomi
Michele Baccelli, Partner, Hoffmann Eitle


UPC and EPO Case Law: Convergence, Divergence and Practical Consequences — Novelty, Inventive Step & Added Matter
24 June 2026 | 14:00 London time

Practitioner Speakers
Dr Natalia Wegner, Partner, Carpmaels & Ransford
Bernhard Thum, Partner, Thum & Partner

Judge Speakers
Dr Stefan Wilhelm — Judge, Unified Patent Court
Dr Christoph Schober — Judge, Unified Patent Court
Dr Kemal Bengi — Chair of the Board of Appeal 3.5.05, European Patent Office


Judges’ Perspectives on International Understanding in Patent Disputes
24 June 2026 | 15:45 London time

Speakers
Prof. Peter Meier-Beck — Presiding Judge (ret.) & UPC Advisory Committee, German Supreme Court / Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Judge Victor Torres — Judge, Court of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dr Juan He — Judge, Intellectual Property Court, Supreme People’s Court of China


These sessions address some of the most important questions in international patent enforcement today: injunctions as tools of global leverage, cross-border patent enforcement, long-arm jurisdiction, forum strategy, SEPs, FRAND, standards, patent licensing, competition policy, China’s growing influence, rate setting, UPC and EPO case law, and international judicial understanding in patent disputes.

The Forum brings together judicial perspectives from the German Supreme Court, the Unified Patent Court, the European Patent Office Boards of Appeal, the Supreme People’s Court of China, the Court of Rio de Janeiro and the Landgericht Munich, alongside leading voices from industry, patent offices, competition authorities, private practice and academia.

Patrons include: Licks Attorneys, Hogan Lovells, Nokia, RPX, Freshfields and Vossius Brinkhof.

More information: https://www.oxfora.org
Contact: info@oxfirst.com

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