9:00AM-10:00AM   Room 210

The Silent Majority (of Licenses): Global IP Rights in Non-FRAND Commercial Agreements

Christopher Sharp & Michael Schneider

Pinsent Masons

In this presentation, a panel of multinational experts will discuss the emerging licensing issues (and options for addressing those issues, with sample contractual language) that surround non-FRAND IP rights in commercial agreements outside the United States.

10:30AM-12:00PM   Theater

FRAND Licensing Challenges in Europe and Asia

Christian Harmsen, Richard Vary & Christine Yiu

Bird & Bird LLP

The world is becoming wireless. Wireless connectivity technology is becoming integrated into many of our devices and products: it is the connection of choice. Implementers of wireless connectivity are faced with large numbers of licensing demands, from huge portfolio owners, to pools, to small but sometimes aggressive NPEs, making it hard to distinguish the reasonable demands from the overblown. Patent owners and technology developers find it harder to negotiate licences. Courts and regulators are becoming increasingly polarised, with some seen as being anti-patent and others being seen as pro-patent. As it becomes harder to enforce patents in the US, users fear the creation of the UPC in Europe: will Europe become the new trolls playground? Or is China becoming the venue of choice?

This presentation will tell you what's really happening "over there" in Europe and Asia:

• Is Germany the go to country for injunctions? How is FRAND being addressed post Huawei v ZTE?
• Huawei v Samsung: How China deals with FRAND, and how the approach to valuation differs from TCL?
• Unwired Planet and its appeal: how the UK approaches portfolio determination and FRAND injunctions
• The UPC is coming… but is it? How will that change things?
• Is arbitration of rates the way to go or can you ask one of the courts for a global determination? How can this be made affordable and reasonable for smaller players and not just Big Tech?

1:30PM-2:15PM   Room 210

Canadian patent litigation: practical guide for in-house counsel

Steven Garland/Cullen Pendleton

Smart & Biggar/Dow Chemical Company

American companies in the technology sector have increasingly become involved in Canadian IP litigation. From record-setting patent damage awards to several pro-patentee decisions, Canada's courts have made it clear that they are open for business in assisting US patent owners.

This session will explore patent litigation north of the border and some of the major differences from patent litigation in the US, both from a substantive and experiential standpoint, including:

• Canadian Court system per se
• Pleadings, discovery, use of experts, infringement testing, and trial process
• Canadian remedies for infringement
• Canadian appellate process
• Invalidity proceedings

2:20PM-3:05PM   Room 210

IP Limbo: How to Wait for the UP/UPC Without Getting Stuck

Alexandra Brodie

Gowling WLG

With each parliamentary revolt, Brexit seems more of a day-by-day thing. Although the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court are on the cusp of going operational, the German Federal Constitutional Court might hold up ratification. This presentation will discuss ways that non-European companies are managing their IP rights and disputes while the dust settles.

3:30PM-4:30PM   Room 210

Lothar Determann

Baker & McKenzie LLP