The salvation of SEP infringement in the U.S.A.

Jorge L.CONTRERAS Professor University of UTAH USA

The 2020 International IP Court Conference an international exchange event of the professionals in the IP field consisting of five sessions which are status of international trials high technology and patent eligibility major issues in design litigation cross-border patent infringement and mock trials has been ended successfully on November 12.

In the session 1 the first program in the conference the discussion on ‘Recent Trends and Direction of Development on International IP Trials’ enacted among the speakers from the UK Germany Australia China and Korea.

Professor Jorge L.CONTRERAS from University of UTAH USA attending the conference as a speaker is teaching Intellectual Property Property Rights Law and Genetics at University of UTAH and recently his name has been raised by the University of Utahs Presidential Scholars and the 2018-19 Faculty Scholarship Award from the S.J. Quinney College of Law.

Before this he had taught Law at American University and Washington University in St. Louis and worked for IP specialized law firms such as Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. He has written over 100 scholarly monographs and 6 books his writings are encompassing various fields such as Science Law and Politics.

On 11st November 2020 we met him at the 2020 International IP Court Conference.

Q : Where SEP infringement is recognized is it possible to issue a conditional injunction order which can be enforced until or unless certain conditions are met (e.g. the defendant enters into a license agreement under the terms and conditions set by the court)?

A : Yes U.S. courts have significant discretion to tailor injunctive relief and injunctions may be suspended if certain conditions are met (such as the parties’ entry into an acceptable license agreement).

This conference held on November 12 2020 was held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul under the theme of Court IP and Globalization with the method using parallel online and offline to prevent the spread out of COVID-19.

Focusing on IP5 which are United States China Japan and Germany about 300 IP related professionals from 8 nations around the world participated online and offline to share and progress IP issues with various cases.

The 2020 International IP Court Conference was ended in great success raising the status of the IP international trial in Korea covering five sessions and mock trials.

Jorge L.CONTRERAS Professor University of UTAH USA giving a presentation at the 2020 International IP Court Conference

2020 International IP court conference commemorative photo

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