4iP Council will present “The English Torpedo? Interim Global SEP Licences, Territoriality and Defensive Anti-Interference in Europe, on 29 June 2026, from 16:00–17:00 CEST,.
The webinar will explore a highly topical and complex issue: how English courts have developed a practice of issuing provisional worldwide FRAND licences before foreign courts have ruled on infringement, validity, or remedies in standard-essential patent (SEP) disputes.
During this session, experts Dr. Niccolò Galli (European University Institute) and Prof. Giacomo Pailli (Università di Palermo), moderated by Axel Ferrazzini, will examine recent cases involving companies such as Panasonic and Acer. The discussion will explore whether this emerging British approach, and the subsequent responses from courts across Europe, risk becoming priority-seising tools rather than protective measures. The speakers will also present a proposed framework based on consent, jurisdiction, security, and proportionality.
This webinar will be of particular interest to professionals working in intellectual property, licensing, innovation management, and technology transfer who wish to better understand the evolving European SEP and FRAND landscape.
Excellent organisation, multifarious activities, great atmosphere… I can't say enough about how well it is tailored to the needs of technology transfer professions.
Tamara Čolić Milosavljević
Centre of Technology Transfer - University of Belgrade, Serbia
The expert-panel discussion educated me in strategic and meritorious choice of inventions to approach investors and manage investment funds for establishing a spin off.
Ram Siddappa
Erasmus MC, Netherlands
Great networking and learning opportunities to share knowledge with colleagues from their various areas of expertise.
Bruno Woeran
Merinova OY - TII President, Finland
Good opportunity to discuss common issues with fellow professionals and to get updates about the community.
Giuseppe Visimberga
Leiden University, Netherlands
Recent studies on both sides of the Atlantic, directed by either ASTP or AUTM, demonstrate the tremendous economic and societal benefit and value technology transfer has brought us.
Koenraad Debackere
KU Leuven, Belgium
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