Over the past few years, industry titans such as Apple, Continental, Daimler, Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm, Samsung and others have been battling around the world to establish the legal and behavioral norms for the licensing of essential patents covering mandatory connectivity technologies that are (or will be) used by virtually all cell phones, connected cars, and IoT devices.
These emerging decisions are establishing the ground rules for the licensing of tens of thousands of patents covering billions of connected products. What level in the supply chain should (or can) take a license? What is the royalty methodology? Can IP owners get injunctions? Are there antitrust considerations? Do national courts have authority over worldwide patent portfolios? Can courts enjoin one another?
In short, what are the rules, where are they made, who pays, how much is owed, and when does it all happen? Join us for a panel discussion of the latest developments from the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Panelists:
Khue Hoang, co-managing partner of Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP’s New York office, has more than 20 years of experience representing clients in high-stakes patent infringement and licensing disputes. Benchmark Litigation recognizes Khue as a national IP Litigation Star and in New York for Commercial Litigation, and Profiles in Diversity Journal named her a 2022 “Woman Worth Watching in STEM.” A former semiconductor engineer, Khue infuses her technical background and industry insights with her courtroom skills to effectively guide clients through their most complex intellectual property issues. She works closely with clients and experts to absorb complex technologies and craft effective strategies to protect and enforce their interests. Khue represents companies across a broad range of sectors, including telecommunications, data storage, consumer electronics, and medical devices. Her clients include a who’s who list of industry leaders, including Google, Apple, Samsung, Motorola, RSA Security, Densify, and BioTelemetry among others. Khue also advises clients on intellectual property and privacy issues affecting M&A, private equity, and complex business disputes.
Rick Chang, a partner at Morgan Franich Fredkin Siamas & Kays LLP, has litigated intellectual property and commercial disputes for more than 20 years. Because of his breadth of experience and expertise, he also counsels clients on transactional matters. His practice is devoted to litigation of patent, copyright, trademark, trade dress, and unfair competition matters, contested proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and counseling clients on IP-related issues, including patent monetization and licensing. Rick also has experience litigating complex business disputes, employment, and trade secret misappropriations matter. He is registered with the USPTO. Rick has advocated on behalf of clients in a wide range of technologies and industries, including smartphones, computer networking and telecommunications, wireless systems, semiconductors, batteries, expert systems, various software applications, power controllers, disk drives, biotechnology, pharmaceutics, laboratory equipment, and wind tunnels. He routinely takes leading roles in all aspects of his cases and consistently obtains significant results on behalf of his clients.
Joseph Yang is an IP transactions partner at PatentEsque Law Group, LLP and a Lecturer in Law at Stanford law school. Joe has more than 25 years’ of experience in licensing, M&A, portfolio development and litigation. His practice currently focuses on patent- and tech-driven transactions (sales, licensing, cross-licensing, joint ventures, manufacturing/supply deals, and other partnerships). Joe was formerly General Counsel of Cryptography Research, Inc. whose technologies are used by tens of billions of devices annually, and before that, co-founded and later led the IP strategy & transactions practice at Skadden (Palo Alto). He is recognized as by Intellectual Asset Magazine (Global IP Leaders, World’s Leading IP Strategists & World’s Leading Patent Professionals), by Super Lawyers publications, and by Marquis Who’s Who. Joe represents U.S., Japanese and European multinational clients, particularly in cross-industry, cross-border and IP-centric transactions. He is also an expert witness for high-stakes licensing disputes.
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Approved for 1.25 hours of general CLE credit
