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Freshfields is a global law firm with over 280 years’ experience of anticipating change, setting new standards and shaping the future of law. In a complex world where new opportunities evolve quickly, we are a trusted, forward-thinking partner who can give clients the edge and help propel their ambitions. At Freshfields we are steadfast champions of our clients—that’s why leading global companies turn to us when it matters most. We are proud to be recognised as a top-tier leader in many practice areas most important to clients around the world today. Our top-tier patent practice covers the major European jurisdictions, the UK, Germany and the Netherlands. Our team advises on strategic patent litigations across Europe before the UPC and national courts as well as patent licensing and patent policy matters. We have gained a wealth of experience in all matters related to standard essential patents across multiple industries, such as the telecommunications, consumer electronics and automotive industry, often working seamlessly with our market-leading antitrust practice both in patent and antitrust proceedings.
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP has a patent litigation practice comprised of approximately 230 attorneys in London, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Washington, DC. More than 75% of Kirkland’s patent litigation attorneys are engineers and scientists, trained in a variety of technical disciplines. Kirkland’s experienced IP litigation attorneys achieve extraordinary results in patent, copyright, trade mark, trade secret misappropriation and advertising matters. They represent clients across a broad range of industries, including life sciences, technology, consumer products manufacturing, financial services, automotive, and food and beverage. Other areas of practice are pharmaceutical and biologics patent litigation, co-ordinating global IP enforcement/defence cases, SEPs and FRAND disputes, post-grant proceedings before the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and appeals of high-stakes cases in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the US Supreme Court, as well as the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and the UK Supreme Court.
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HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) is a global technology leader and creator of solutions that enable people to bring their ideas to life and connect to the things that matter most. Operating in more than 170 countries, HP delivers a wide range of innovative and sustainable devices, services and subscriptions for personal computing, printing, 3D printing, hybrid work, gaming, and more. For more information, please visit http://www.hp.com.
At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together. As a B2B technology innovation leader, we are pioneering networks that sense, think and act by leveraging our work across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. In addition, we create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs, which is celebrating 100 years of innovation. With truly open architectures that seamlessly integrate into any ecosystem, our high-performance networks create new opportunities for monetization and scale. Service providers, enterprises and partners worldwide trust Nokia to deliver secure, reliable and sustainable networks today – and work with us to create the digital services and applications of the future.
Qualcomm relentlessly innovates to deliver intelligent computing everywhere, helping the world tackle some of its most important challenges. Our proven solutions drive transformation across major industries, and our Snapdragon® branded platforms power extraordinary consumer experiences.
Building on our nearly 40-year leadership in setting industry standards and creating era-defining technology breakthroughs, we deliver leading edge AI, high-performance, low-power computing, and unrivaled connectivity. Together with our ecosystem partners, we enable next-generation digital transformation to enrich lives, improve businesses, and advance societies. At Qualcomm, we are engineering human progress. Additionally, Qualcomm’s inclusive, flexible, and transparent licensing program makes our fundamental technology inventions broadly available to the ecosystem. This reduces barriers to entry, fosters greater competition, and empowers companies to create innovative products and solutions that transform industries and experiences, and enrich lives around the world.
Sisvel is driven by a belief in the importance of collaboration, ingenuity and efficiency to bridge the needs of both patent owners and those who wish to access their technologies. In a complex and constantly evolving marketplace, our guiding principle is to create a level playing field with the development and implementation of flexible, accessible, commercialisation solutions.
We power innovation by providing tailored licensing solutions and patent pools for the delivery of world-class technologies. We work with leading companies and research institutions from across the globe to unlock the full potential of their patents, while easing technology adoption, reducing frictions within the innovation ecosystem and facilitating IP dealmaking.
www.sisvel.com
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Avanci is an independent provider of patent licensing solutions, working at the intersection of different industries to bring efficiency, convenience, and predictability to the licensing process.
Avanci Vehicle has programs for 3/4G and 3/4/5G connected vehicles, with essential patents from dozens of patent owners licensed in a single transaction at fixed rates, paid once for the lifetime of the vehicle. Avanci Aftermarket provides solutions for connected automotive aftermarket products, and Avanci IoT offers programs for smart utility meters, connected EV chargers, and more.
Avanci Broadcast offers a one-stop license for devices using the ATSC 3.0 / NEXTGEN TV broadcast standard, and Avanci Video offers a single, comprehensive license for internet streaming providers covering the latest video technologies.
Avanci Solutions provides tailored solutions for industries and technologies without existing open platforms, expanding Avanci services to new sectors using its unique expertise to help companies across key industries meet their evolving licensing needs.Note: please link to https://www.avanci.com
Seasoned, multi-faceted competition lawyer with 28 years of experience in all major aspects of EU competition law, with a particular focus on the cross-over between antitrust and IP law in the field of SEPs. He has a strong business development track record with a leveraged client base and is a routined cross-practice and cross-office team player, working in law firms as well as with clients’ in-house teams. Peter is highly experienced working in and with different cultures (Asia, Europe, U.S.) and has a particular focus on in- and outbound aspects of the Asia/Europe interface.
CMS is an international organisation of independent law firms that provides comprehensive legal and tax advisory services to businesses, financial institutions and administrative bodies. The firm has over 80 offices in more than 45 countries worldwide, where it employs over 5,000 lawyers. CMS is one of the largest and most experienced law firms in Poland, where it has operated for 30 years. CMS’ offices in Warsaw and Poznań employ over 200 lawyers who advise clients operating in all economic sectors. For more information, please visit www.cms.law.
Compass Lexecon’s leading economists bring rigorous thinking and clarity to competition policy, litigation, arbitration, regulation and intellectual property matters. We produce credible, relevant analysis to help our clients make better-informed decisions. Established in 1977, Compass Lexecon has over 850 professional staff, including 200+ Ph.D. economists based across 23 offices globally. Our experts have advised clients in the most high-profile cases before regulatory agencies and courts in over 100 countries and worked for 49 of the current Fortune 50 companies. Compass Lexecon was recognised as Competition Economics Firm of the Year 2024 by Who’s Who Legal for the ninth consecutive year and is ranked as a leading ‘Band 1’ firm by Chambers Litigation Support 2024 in the Economic Analysts – Global-wide category.
Lenovo is a US$57 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #248 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a pocket-to cloud portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere.
Microsoft creates platforms and tools powered by AI to deliver innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers. The technology company is committed to making AI available broadly and doing so responsibly, with a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
Via LA is the collaborative licensing leader and the largest patent pool administrator in the consumer electronics space, dedicated to accelerating global technology adoption, fostering participation, and generating return on innovation with balanced licensing solutions for innovators and manufacturers of all sizes around the globe. Via LA has operated dozens of licensing programs for a variety of technologies consisting of nearly 50,000 patents in over 130 countries with more than 500 patent holders and nearly 10,000 licensees. Via LA is an independently managed company owned by industry-leading participants with over 25 years of intellectual property licensing leadership.
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Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners, founded in 1999, is one of Poland’s leading law firms, specializing in intellectual property, new technologies, competition, and data protection law. With 25 years of experience, its team of 60+ lawyers advises SMEs, multinational corporations, and public institutions on complex business matters and represents clients in precedent-setting cases before national and EU courts.
The firm collaborates with chambers of commerce, industry associations, and collective management organizations, offering strategic legal support. Recognized in top legal rankings, including Chambers Europe, Rzeczpospolita, The Legal 500, and IAM Patent 1000. Combining legal expertise with academic insight, many partners and lawyers lecture at leading universities, such as the Jagiellonian University and the Polish Academy of Sciences, and have authored key publications on intellectual property, data protection, and private law.