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Infringement and Validity Opinions in the UPC Era
28Apr
Webinar Infringement and Validity Opinions in the UPC Era
Thursday 28 April
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UK patent attorneys are often asked by their clients to provide opinions on patent infringement and validity. In the current system, when a European patent application is granted, it becomes a bundle of national patents. While UK patent attorneys are qualified to consider the UK designation, assessing corresponding patents in the other European states typically requires locally qualified national agents and consideration of the different national laws.
With the advent of the UPC and Unitary Patent, will patent attorneys qualified before the UPC become eligible to opine on European (and Unitary) patents in UPC states?
This webinar will give an overview of the UPC Agreement, the Regulations on the Unitary Patent and what laws these indicate need to be considered when assessing the validity and infringement of European and Unitary Patents before the UPC. Due to the possibility of opting out (and back in) European patents in the UPC transitional period, such assessments are made only more complex and dynamic.
In this episode of the CIPA UPC educational series, Leythem Wall will run through the different considerations and complexities involved in opining on patents before the UPC. We are also joined by a speaker from the UKIPO who will give an overview of UK opinions.
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Leythem Wall, Oxon IPLeythem Wall, Oxon IP
Leythem Wall is a European and UK patent attorney and litigator specialising in EPO Oppositions and Appeals. Prior to founding Oxon IP, he was a Partner in major European and U.S. IP law firms, and before then in-house patent counsel for ExxonMobil and AkzoNobel.
Leythem is a member of the CIPA Litigation and International Liaison Committees, the EQE Committee (Opposition Paper C), and is President of the European Patent Litigators Association (EPLIT) which promotes European patent attorney representation before the UPC.
He holds the postgraduate certificate in IP Litigation and Advocacy from Nottingham Law School, and the Diploma in Patent Litigation in Europe from CEIPI, University of Strasbourg.
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