Jochen Meyer
Head of Patent Department, European Patent Attorney, Vodafone GmbH, Düsseldorf (Germany)
is a German and European patent attorney. He has been Head of the Patent Department of Vodafone GmbH since 2005 and has consequently already dealt with many FRAND requests. Jochen previously worked in Ericsson's Patent Department. He graduated in electrical engineering.
Dr. Martin Fähndrich
Attorney-at-Law, Partner, Engineer, Hogan Lovells International LLP, Düsseldorf (Germany)
conducts patent infringement lawsuits at the Unified Patent Court and at all German patent litigation courts (including Düsseldorf, Mannheim and Munich), patent nullity proceedings at the Federal Patent Court and opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office. Martin has litigated SEPs and FRAND objections in numerous proceedings. He represented one of the parties in the Huawei vs ZTE case before the European Court of Justice, where the current legal standard for FRAND defence against patent attacks was developed. He also has an excellent track record in negotiating and drafting licencing agreements, the law on employees' inventions and the patent part of M&As.
22/05/2025
22/05/2025
09:00 to 17:00 CET
online
online
Event - 1,280 € plus tax
The fee includes high-quality course material and a participation certificate for download, access to the Learning Space as well as technical support including a test meeting.
Event - 1,280 € plus tax
The fee includes high-quality course material and a participation certificate for download, access to the Learning Space as well as technical support including a test meeting.
Jean-Claude Alexandre Ho, LL.M.
Lawyer, Conference Manager
+49 6221 500-675
jc.alexandreho@forum-institut.de
Recently, companies outside the telecommunications sector have been receiving patent notices of hostile licencing offers and, in some cases, have even been sued.This practical course aims at showing what a recipient of a FRAND licencing request should do to avoid receiving an injunction.
Obtaining patent notices for standardessential patents (SEPs) and negotiating patent licences that have to be 'fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory' (FRAND) are already an integral part of the daily operations of companies in the telecommunications and car manufacturing industry.
Such activities are now also becoming increasingly common in companies in other industries: smart home, smart metering, streaming, EV charging and others - every networked product can be affected. They receive patent notices for hostile licence requests or are even sued.
This practical seminar will teach participants how the recipient of a licencing request should act in order to avoid an injunction. The speakers show how fast one needs to react, how patent royalty rates are assessed to be considered FRAND and how offers and contracts relating to the licencing of SEPs can be drafted.
Your benefits
A central element of this seminar is a case study with an actual licence request. This enables participants to gain practical experience of what they need to do the next time a FRAND licence request lands on their desks.
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