Global Patent Litigation: Trends, Tools, and Strategies to Enforce Your Patent Rights Globally
Data Metrics, Win Rates, and Other Key Considerations for Parties Pursuing a Global Approach
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will guide patent counsel on the enforcement of patent rights globally. The panel will examine global patent litigation to protect IP rights in the worldwide marketplace. The panel will discuss current global litigation trends and the tools necessary when determining if, when, and where to bring infringement suits in various global jurisdictions. The panel will also guide patent attorneys on developing an international strategy.
Outline
- Introduction: The Global Litigation Landscape
- What are the top countries for litigating patent disputes?
- What trends can be observed in global patent litigation?
- Case study examples
- Comparison of Top Jurisdictions for Litigating Patents
- Legal frameworks and courts of first instance for patent disputes
- Objective litigation metrics including win rates, time to trial, and costs
- Available remedies, including damages and injunctions
- Procedural and substantive differences between jurisdictions
- Tools and Planning Steps
- Four tools for effective planning
- Addressing key questions for each jurisdiction
- Forum selection and timelines
- Early case valuation methodology
- Strategies to Develop a Winning Global Patent Litigation Plan
- Inter and intra country strategie
- Special considerations and planning for individual jurisdictions
- Leveraging procedural and substantive differences between jurisdictions
- Managing global patent litigation
Benefits
The panel will review these and other high profile issues:
- What factors should counsel consider when determining whether a patent has been infringed and whether, where and when to file suit?
- What tools can counsel use when determining if and where to enforce patent rights?
- What strategies can counsel use for effective enforcement of patent rights?
Faculty
Michael Crichton
Partner
Gowling WLG
Mr. Crichton has a decade and a half of experience as an intellectual property litigator and strategic adviser. He... | Read More
Mr. Crichton has a decade and a half of experience as an intellectual property litigator and strategic adviser. He regularly acts for clients involved in disputes concerning complex trade secrets and software copyright enforcement, and is experienced with respect to Canada/U.S. cross-border intellectual property litigation and related matters. He regularly represents and advises clients with respect to licensing of intellectual property, mediation proceedings and throughout settlement negotiations. He also provides strategic counselling and opinions regarding patent infringement, patent validity and related issues. In addition, as a registered patent agent for over a decade, his practice includes patent drafting, prosecution and portfolio management.
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C. Gregory Gramenopoulos
Partner
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Mr. Gramenopoulos has more than 20 years of experience in the field of intellectual property law. He handles... | Read More
Mr. Gramenopoulos has more than 20 years of experience in the field of intellectual property law. He handles patent matters for emerging and high-technology companies in various electrical sciences, including computer hardware/architecture, software, communication networks, and digital signal processing and control systems. Mr. Gramenopoulos counsels both domestic and foreign clients. A significant portion of his current practice is devoted to strategic counseling on patent procurement and pre-litigation activities, opinion preparation on issues relating to infringement and validity, and patent infringement litigation. He has a significant base of European clientele, gained in part through his five-year tenure in the firm’s European office in Brussels. Through his knowledge of both U.S. and foreign patent systems, Mr. Gramenopoulos applies a unique global perspective to advise clients on worldwide filing and licensing strategies. He has also successfully represented clients in U.S. district court and multi-national patent infringement suits. Mr. Gramenopoulos has overseen the drafting and prosecution of hundreds of patent applications, and assisted clients with strategically building and managing their portfolios. He has also assisted clients with extracting value from their portfolios through licensing and other strategies. A frequent lecturer on U.S. IP law, Mr. Gramenopoulos has spoken before numerous Fortune 500 companies and organizations in the U.S., as well as various multi-national companies and law firms throughout the world and served as leader of the firm’s electrical and computer technology practice group.
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Vincenzo Jandoli
Partner
Avvocati Associati Franzosi Dal Negro Setti
Mr. Jandoli has a formidable reputation in both courtrooms and backrooms. He is specialized in different areas of... | Read More
Mr. Jandoli has a formidable reputation in both courtrooms and backrooms. He is specialized in different areas of consulting activity (giving assistance to Italian companies abroad-thanks to a good and relevant newtwork of colleagues worldwide created by working in team- and to foreign companies in Italy) and of litigation. These areas include patents, design, trademarks, know – how, geographical indication, copyright, denomination of origin, food; licensing, domain name protection, online supply contracts, online privacy protection, online/Facebook copyright infringement, e-commerce; unfair competition and contracts concerning technology protection; and advertising.
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Roland Küppers, LL.M.
Partner
Taylor Wessing
Mr. Küppers represents national and international clients in patent infringement matters and co-ordinates... | Read More
Mr. Küppers represents national and international clients in patent infringement matters and co-ordinates multi-jurisdictional litigation. In co-operation with patent attorneys and in-house patent departments he further acts on patent nullity suits, oppositions and utility model cancellation matters. He gained technical experience from his work for clients in a wide range of industrial sectors, including telecommunications, electronics and optoelectronics, semiconductors, medical devices, chemicals, automotive and mechanical engineering. He also advises on unfair competition matters having technical impact.
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Chris Thornham
Partner
Taylor Wessing
Mr. Thornham is a partner in the IP/IT group, specialising in patents and technical disputes. He advises clients on... | Read More
Mr. Thornham is a partner in the IP/IT group, specialising in patents and technical disputes. He advises clients on matters across the full range of technologies and sectors (including life sciences, engineering, IT/telecoms, and FRAND licence disputes). He has acted in well over twenty English patent trials and appeals. He also advises and acts in arbitrations. He helps clients with strategy and coordinated multi-jurisdictional disputes.
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