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DAY 1 — TUESDAY 23 JUNE 2026
08:30 LONDON
Injunctions as the Centre of Gravity in Global Patent Strategy
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
09:30 LONDON
Long Arm Jurisdictions in Patent Disputes after BSH Haushaltsgeraete vs Electrolux
Moderators
Dr Constanze Krenz, Partner, DLA Piper
Dr Corin Gittinger, Partner, Freshfields
Speakers
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
15:00 LONDON
Competition Perspectives, LNGs, Standards & Patent Licensing
Moderator
Le Chen, Senior Director, IP Policy & Dispute Resolution
Speakers
Paul Bridgeland, Policy Officer, DG Competition, European Commission
Dr Felix Engelsing, Director, Bundeskartellamt (Competition Authority Germany)
Dr Thomas Buchholz, Senior Expert Digital IP, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Alexander Prenter, Policy Director, Fair Standards Alliance
Collette Rawnsley, VP, IP Policy & Advocacy, Nokia
14th IP & Competition Forum · DPMA Forum, Munich
DAY 2 — WEDNESDAY 24 JUNE 2026
07:30 LONDON
China — Litigation, Licensing & Global Influence
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 Lee, Head of European IPR Department, Huawei
10:00 LONDON
RPX Session: NPEs and Litigation Finance are Coming to Europe. Are you prepared?
Moderator
Dr. Oliver Scherenberg, Head of RPX Europe, RPX
Speakers
Yvonne Lee, VP of Patents at Parabellum
Francis Rushford, Head of IP Finance at Pretium
Dr Christof Augenstein, Partner Kather Augenstein
Alessandro Orsi, VP Legal, Associate General Counsel IP, HP
Rebecca Brown, Director IP, Sonos
11:00 LONDON
Rate Setting & Litigation
Keynote
Fabian Hoffmann — Judge — Bundesgerichtshof
Moderator
Jeffrey Blumenfeld, Competition and Policy Counsel, Access Advance
Speakers
Shuang Cheng, Cellular Licensing Lead, Xiaomi
Michele Baccelli, Partner, Hoffmann Eitle
14:00 LONDON
UPC and EPO Case Law: Convergence, Divergence and Practical Consequences — Novelty, Inventive Step & Added Matter
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
15:45 LONDON
Judges Perspectives on International Understanding in Patent Disputes
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
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