The 33rd Annual Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference will take place April 8 - 10, and offers an important forum for leaders in government, the judiciary, academia, and the private sector around the world to meet, discuss, and resolve current IP issues. The Institute promotes a legal realist approach to IP law in order to better understand what the law actually is and does, and to predict where it is going. In doing so, it hopes to foster progress toward identifying and resolving issues of concern to the IP community. A critical mission of the Institute is to develop the next generation of IP law practitioners and to encourage them to think critically about the importance of IP rights.
On Thursday, April 9, from 5:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. ET, Greenberg Traurig Shareholder Thomas Pease will moderate the FRAND/SEP (II) panel during the Competition Law session of the conference. This panel will examine the evolving global landscape for standard-essential patent (SEP) disputes, including jurisdictional fragmentation, the role of U.S. courts, and emerging strategies for resolving complex cross-border FRAND licensing and valuation challenges. GT is also a sponsor of the conference.