Jennifer moderated a session at IPBC China hosted by IAM on the latest developments of European IP. Other panel members included Clemens Heusch, head of global litigation at Nokia, and Tum Thach, Senior IP Counsel at Airbus. Topics discussed included Brexit’s impact on European patent strategy, the UPC which is finally about to come into effect, FRAND licensing, and anti-suit injunctions.


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