As promised, here's the detailed program for FOSS Patents' Chipset-Level SEP Licensing conference, which will be held at the Sofitel Le Louise hotel in Brussels on Tuesday, November 12, 2019. (There will soon be news regarding a similar event in Northern California in mid-January.)
You can find the program as well as ticket registration forms on the EventBrite page for this conference. For your convenience, the conference program is included below. The names of the moderators and panelists will be announced soon.
| 08:30 AM | Registration & Reception |
| 09:00 AM | Introductory Session |
| Patent exhaustion and attempted workarounds Technical aspects of embodiment of patented invention by component | |
| 10:00 AM | "All Comers" Or Not? Access to Licenses Under Contract Laws |
| The ETSI FRAND declarations and the licensability positions taken in litigation Summary judgment in FTC v. Qualcomm based on ATIS and TIA FRAND pledges | |
| 10:30 AM | Morning Coffee Break |
| 11:00 AM | Patent Licensing: Implications for Business |
| Seeking component-level licenses: experiences from the field Patent royalties in the IoT industry: an economics perspective | |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
| 01:30 PM | The 2019 FTC v. Qualcomm Ruling: Key Holdings, Next Steps, Global Impact |
| Judge Lucy H. Koh's findings of fact, conclusions of law, and remedial orders Procedural road map Consistent and conflicting earlier decisions by U.S. courts Could Judge Koh's reasoning be adopted under Art. 102 TFEU? | |
| 03:00 PM | Afternoon Coffee Break |
| 03:30 PM | Antitrust Complaints Over Component-Level Licensing |
| EU antitrust complaints over SEP licensing Continental antitrust lawsuit against Avanci | |
| 04:00 PM | Bonus Session: Access to Injunctive Relief |
| Evolution of national case law on SEP injunctions since Huawei v. ZTE The proportionality requirement under the EU enforcement directive State of play in the German patent reform debate | |
| 05:00 PM | Reception |
Again, the signup page is https://www.eventbrite.com/e/component-level-sep-licensing-tickets-74853834835.
In May I had already written about this idea. After further thought--and discussions that led, among other things, to the inclusion of the "bonus session" on injunctive relief--the conference program took its current shape. Brussels, the de facto capital of the EU, turned out to be the most logical location for the European edition of this conference.
Component-level licensing is presently the single hottest topic relating to standard-essential patents (SEPs). I stepped forward a few months ago because I thought the time was ripe for a conference that would focus on this aspect of SEP licensing. I look forward to welcoming many of you on November 12, and to interesting presentations and discussions!
For questions relating to the conference, please don't hesitate to contact me at fosspatents@gmail.com.
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