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New speakers announced - Wiesn IP Forum 2022

We are delighted to announce our latest speakers for our much-anticipated Wiesn IP Forum 2022, in collaboration with Adamson & Partners.

Our first panel session will discuss Patent Litigation in Europe – Impact of the UPC and will feature the leading speakers Dr. Christine Kanz – Partner, Hoyng Rokh Monegier, and Dr. Marco Rau – General Counsel, CureVac with the acting moderator, Andreas von Falck – Partner, Hogan Lovells.

Willem Hoyng – Chairman of the UPC Advisory Committee and Beat Weibel – Chief IP Counsel, Siemens will be leading our centrepiece panel, What’s UPComing? New Developments in the United Patent Court, which will offer essential insights on the Unified Patent Court.

Our final panel will discuss Standard Essential Patents and Patent Pools and will be led by key speakers Gabriele Mohsler – VP Patent Development, Ericsson, Tim Pohlmann – CEO, IPLytics, and Clemens Heusch – VP Head of Global Litigation, Nokia.

This free event will take place Monday 19th – Tuesday 20th September 2022 in Munich, and will bring together revered IP leaders to network and share the latest industry insights.

Places are limited, so to further information or to RSVP, please visit Wiesn IP Forum 2022 or email info@unifiedpatents.com. For sponsorship opportunities, please visit HERE.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Unified is hiring for full-time Senior Patent Counsel - Apply Today!

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Unified Patents is again growing its legal department and seeks to add an experienced, registered patent attorney. Applicants should have at least 5 years of law firm or other relevant experience before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) working on post-grant petitions (IPR, PGR, and CBM), reexaminations, or other administrative drafting and litigation experience.

Applicants should have a strong technical background and be willing to explore diverse new technologies; experience with video codecs, coding, cryptography, compression, signals, wireless communications, or other algorithmic subject matter is a plus. Patent examination experience is a plus; a registration number is a plus; clerking experience is a plus; familiarity with ongoing appellate issues affecting PTAB practice is a plus. Must be willing to work within a team, work well independently, and enjoy writing and editing. Journal and filing experience is a plus. Strong preference for candidates located in the Washington, DC area. Diversity is prized in our team and among our candidates. Please be prepared to discuss the administrative matters you have been involved in and be ready to provide examples.

Unified is hiring for full-time Senior Patent Counsel - Apply Today!

Click HERE to apply

Unified Patents is again growing its legal department and seeks to add an experienced, registered patent attorney. Applicants should have at least 5 years of law firm or other relevant experience before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) working on post-grant petitions (IPR, PGR, and CBM), reexaminations, or other administrative drafting and litigation experience.

Applicants should have a strong technical background and be willing to explore diverse new technologies; experience with video codecs, coding, cryptography, compression, signals, wireless communications, or other algorithmic subject matter is a plus. Patent examination experience is a plus; a registration number is a plus; clerking experience is a plus; familiarity with ongoing appellate issues affecting PTAB practice is a plus. Must be willing to work within a team, work well independently, and enjoy writing and editing. Journal and filing experience is a plus. Strong preference for candidates located in the Washington, DC area. Diversity is prized in our team and among our candidates. Please be prepared to discuss the administrative matters you have been involved in and be ready to provide examples.

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Unified seeking additional IEEE, MPEG, and 3GPP training sets

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Unified Patents is seeking to license and supplement existing training sets of patents found essential and nonessential to 3GPP (5G, LTE, V2X); IEEE / 802.11 / WiFi; and Video Codecs ( VVC / H.266 and AV1). The patents and applications should be reviewed by experts and mapped against the technical specifications. This would be a joint effort and collaboration to understand fundamental technologies and their corresponding patent landscape. If you are interested in participating please contact info@unifiedpatents.com. 

Please include in any communications:

1. Technology covered, including specification number and whether user equipment or infrastructure

2. A sample of the results

3. Number of patents covered which were found to be essential and the number which were not

4. Study Methodology

Webinar Materials - Fintiv Denials in Light of ITC Cases

Speakers:

Michelle Aspen — Senior Patent Counsel, Unified Patents

Sam Korte — Assistant General Counsel, Garmin

Jonathan Strang — Partner, Latham & Watkins

For this webinar, our panel addressed Fintiv denials in light of PTAB proceedings. The panelists presented several case studies and discussed the current policy applied by the PTAB. A few strategies on how to reduce the risk of denial were also included in the presentation.

Many thanks to Michelle, Sam, and Jon for a great discussion!

To listen to the recorded webinar, click here: https://vimeo.com/592877758

The slide presentation from this webinar can be seen below.

Our next webinar is scheduled for Thursday, September 30th. Stay tuned for our topic announcement! Visit our website for more information.