Three years after the launch of the Unified Patent Court, the European patent litigation landscape continues to evolve at remarkable speed. CEIPI is delighted to invite you to a third conference marking the Court’s first three years of activity: the development of its case law, procedural practice, strategic use by litigants, interaction with national courts, and the broader impact of the system on European patent enforcement.
- Thursday, 1 October 2026
- In Strasbourg and online (Zoom)
- Registration via this link: https://sondages.unistra.fr/index.php/589934?lang=fr
- Download the programme
For practitioners, academics, judges, patent attorneys, in-house counsel and anyone following the transformation of patent litigation in Europe, this will be a timely forum for analysis, discussion and exchange.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Klaus Bacher, Presiding Judge, Federal Court of Justice, Germany (Bundesgerichtshof)
- Koen Bijvank, Counsel in Industrial Property, Brinkhof
- Andreas Dilg, Director, International Section of CEIPI; Patent Attorney, Dilg, Haeusler, Schindelmann Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
- Anna Medeiros Gaspar, Member of Boards of Appeal, EPO
- Emmanuel Gougé, Judge, Court of Appeal, Unified Patent Court; Director of the University Diploma on Patent Litigation in Europe (European Patent Litigation Certificate)
- András Kupecz, Presiding Judge, Central Division of the UPC (Munich)
- Marie-Claude Pellegrini, Counsel in Industrial Property, Withers & Rogers
- David Por, Partner Avocat à la Cour – UPC Representative, Clifford Chance Europe LLP
- Monika Rhein, Presiding Judge, District Court Munich; PMAC expert
- Max Wilhelm Tilmann, Technically Qualified Judge, Unified Patent Court; Patent Attorney
- Édouard Treppoz, Professor of Law, University Paris 1 Panthéon/ Sorbonne
- Tobias Wuttke, Attorney-at-Law, Bardehle Pagenberg
Organized by the Research Department of CEIPI (UR 4375) and the Fédération de recherche « L'Europe en mutation » (FRU 6703), University of Strasbourg, under the scientific direction of Andreas Dilg, Franck Macrez and Stefan Martin.
We look forward to welcoming you for an insightful day of discussion and exchange on the UPC’s evolving framework.
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