14th IP & Competition Forum — Live Broadcast

14th IP & Competition Forum — Live Broadcast

14TH IP & COMPETITION FORUM

LIVE BROADCAST

MUNICH · 23 & 24 JUNE 2026

DAY 1 — TUESDAY 23 JUNE 2026

08:00 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

09:00 LONDON

The Role of Injunctions in German Patent Litigation with Dr Schacht

Keynote

Dr. Hubertus Schacht, M.A. — Presiding Judge, 21st Division, Patent Litigation — Munich District Court I

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

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

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