LES France, LES Germany and LES Italy warmly invite you to our joint event – UPC TWO YEARS LATER: CASE LAW AND STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS – taking place in Paris on May 26th, 2025.
This is a momentous occasion to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the UPC, learn about UPC news and case law directly from the judges and industry leaders.
Join us for this milestone event in Europe as we explore the latest advances, challenges and litigation in patent law.
h. 2.00 – 2.10 p.m. – OPENING/INTRODUCTION
Frédéric PORTAL, President of LES France, Gabriele MOHSLER, President of LES Germany, Mattia DALLA COSTA, President of LES Italy
Pierre VERON, Member of the Drafting Committee of the Rules of Procedure of the UPC
h. 2.10 – 2.30 p.m. – KEYNOTE
Florence BUTIN, President, Court of First Instance (Paris)
h. 2.30 – 4.00 p.m. – FIRST PANEL: Views from the UPC Judges
Introduction: Klaus GRABINSKI, President of the UPC Court of Appeal and Chairperson of the Presidium (Luxembourg)
Camille LIGNIERES, Member of the Presidium, Presiding Judge (Paris)
Ronny THOMAS, Member of the Presidium, Presiding Judge (Düsseldorf)
Andrea POSTIGLIONE, Presiding Judge, Central Division (Milan)
Elisabetta PAPA, Technically Qualified Judge, Pool of Judges
Moderators:
Tilman MÜLLER-STOY, UPC representative, Attorney-at-Law
Jean-Hyacinthe DE MITRY, UPC representative, Attorney-at-Law
h. 4.00 – 4.15 p.m. – COFFEE BREAK
h. 4.15 – 6.20 p.m. – SECOND PANEL: Strategic considerations and experience from Industry
Armin SCHWITULLA, Lead Litigation Counsel EU, NOKIA
Thomas DREISER, Chief IP EU Litigation Counsel, HUAWEI
Bas VAN BUUL, Director Intellectual Property, INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP
Mathilde RAULINE, Head of Greater Europe Patent Litigation, SANOFI
Philipp JAUCK, Head of Intellectual Property Management & Regulatory Compliance, SES-IMAGOTAG – VUSIONGROUP
Filip DE CORTE, Head of Intellectual Property Crop Protection, SYNGENTA
Moderators:
Mattia DALLA COSTA, UPC representative, Attorney-at-Law
Daan DE LANGE, UPC representative, Attorney-at-Law
h. 6.20 – 6.30 p.m. – FINAL REMARKS
Jean-Christophe TROUSSEL, President of LES International
The conference will be followed by a Cocktail Reception
