Date & Time
September 26-27, 2019 CEST
Location
Torre Glories
Avinguda Diagonal, 211
Barcelona 08018

Sisvel are pleased to invite you to the conference organised for the opening of their new office at Torre Glories in Barcelona, on September 27. You are also invited to the opening event, which will take place during the evening of September 26.

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The State of the Licensing Industry

  • 9:00am to 9:45am

    Registration

    Sisvel will welcome its guests at the entrance of Torre Glories

  • 9:45am to 10:00am

    Opening remarks

    Roberto Dini, Founder of Sisvel

  • 10:00am to 11:30am

    Antitrust Law and Patent Law: crossroad or intersection?
    • Engagement of antitrust authorities in standard essential patents licensing practices.
    • Hold out or hold up – what’s the concern?
    • Is FRAND a competition law issue?
    • The path to injunction eligibility.

    Moderator: Garrard Beeney

    Speakers: Gustav Brismark, Eeva Hakoranta, Michael Rozen, John Sideris, Koenraad Wuyts

  • 11:30am to 12:00pm

    Networking break

  • 12:00pm to 1:30pm

    How to handle confidential information: tensions between confidentiality and FRAND
    • The importance of confidentiality in the current discussion.
    • How do we distinguish between legitimate concern and delay?

    Moderator: Oliver Scherenberg

    Speakers: Timothy Devlin, Mario Franzosi, Jing He, Volkmar Henke, Yoshinori Shimizu, Richard Vary

  • 1:30pm to 2:30pm

    Lunch break

  • 2:30pm to 4:00pm

    Getting to say yes: the licensing/litigation dilemma.
    • How to get to a commercial deal instead of spending time and money in litigation?
    • How do we create an incentive structure to encourage good faith consensual licensing?

    Moderator: Marcello Dini

    Speakers: Mattia Fogliacco, Dan McCurdy

  • 4:00pm to 4:30pm

    Networking break

  • 4:30pm to 6:00pm

    The importance of Innovation.

    In order to advance, innovation needs balance between proper rewards and excessive royalties. What’s the path to the correct balance?

    Moderator: Davide Ferri

    Speakers: Lyse Brillouet, Patrick Patnode, Matteo Sabattini, Michael Schlicht

  • 6:00pm

    Closing remarks

    Mattia Fogliacco, CEO of Sisvel

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