14th IP Conference
The Global Chess Game: International Patent Strategy in a Fragmented World
23–24 June 2026 · Munich · German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA)
14th IP & Competition Forum — bringing together leading judges, companies, scholars, policy makers and counsel from across the world.
Judiciary
Corporations
- Amazon
- Aumovio
- BMW Group
- BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
- Bytedance
- Dell Technologies
- Deutsche Telekom AG
- Ericsson
- Giesecke+Devrient GmbH
- Harman Becker Automotive Systems
- HP Inc
- Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
- LG Electronics Deutschland GmbH
- LG Energy Solution
- Nokia
- Panasonic R & D Center Germany GmbH
- Parabellum
- Pretium
- Philips IP&S
- Qualcomm
- SafeCast Limited
- Samsung Semiconductor Europe GmbH
- Sisvel
- Xiaomi
- ZTE
Service Providers
- Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP
- Bardehle Pagenberg Part mbB
- CMS Hasche Sigle Part mbB
- Competition Law Partners PLLC
- CRS Law
- Daniel Law
- DLA Piper LLP
- Fair Standards Alliance
- Freshfields PartG mbB
- Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP
- Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
- Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Part mbB
- Hogan Lovells International LLP
- Kasznar Leonardos Advogados
- King & Wood
- Law Office of Ken Adamo
- Licks Attorneys
- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C
- Morgan Lewis LLP
- Osborne Clarke LLP
- OxFirst Ltd.
- Powell Gilbert LLP
- RBIP
- RPX Corp.
- Thum & Partner
- Trevisan & Cuonzo
- Veracity IP Consulting LLC
- Vossius & Brinkhof UPC Litigators
Judges and Policy Makers
- Boards of Appeal of the EPO
- Bundesgerichtshof
- Bundeskartellamt
- European Commission
- Landgericht München I
- Rio de Janeiro State Court
- Supreme People’s Court of China
- Unified Patent Court
Corporations
- Access Advance
- Amazon
- Apple Inc.
- Arm Holdings
- Avanci
- ByteDance
- Ericsson
- Essity / BSN medical GmbH
- HP
- Huawei
- InterDigital
- Nexeon
- Nokia
- Panasonic
- Philips
- Pretium Capital
- Qualcomm
- RB GmbH
- RPX Corp.
- SEB Développement
- Siemens AG
- Sisvel
- Syngenta
- Vantive
- Vodafone
- Warner Bros. Discovery
- Xiaomi
Participation is still subject to change
We are grateful to our patrons for their generous support of the Intellectual Property and Competition Forum.
Corporate Patrons
Platinum
Gold
Contributors
Topics
Injunctions & Leverage
How access to injunctions reshapes bargaining power and global licensing dynamics.
Cross-Border Strategy
Forum shopping, parallel proceedings, and anti-suit injunctions as structural features of modern disputes.
Patent Strength
What constitutes a “strong patent” in an international enforcement environment.
Competition & Licensing
The intersection of antitrust scrutiny, technology transfer, and innovation incentives.
Judicial Convergence
Is alignment emerging across Germany, the US, Brazil, Asia, and Europe — or is fragmentation the new normal?
The Oxford Charter Initiative
A focused effort to identify practical reference points for responsible and predictable cross-border patent enforcement.
Not legislation.
Not advocacy.
But structured judicial and institutional dialogue aimed at strengthening legal certainty in innovation markets.