Licensing as a Tool of Business Success – Birgit Weil’s Lecture on Legal Framework for Intellectual Property on 14 September at STP Belgrade - Naučno-tehnološki park Beograd

Licensing as a Tool of Business Success – Birgit Weil’s Lecture on Legal Framework for Intellectual Property on 14 September at STP Belgrade

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A lecture on licensing agreements of an international nature will be delivered on 14 September starting at 10 A.M. at STP Belgrade by Dr. Birgit Weil, Swiss attorney-at-law, who has worked on such agreements with some of the world’s largest IT companies.

Learn about the essential elements of licensing that provide intellectual property protection in a global context. By analysing concrete examples, Birgit will discuss key elements, legal traps and how licensing agreements ensure the rights and obligations of all parties involved.

  • Licensing agreements of an international nature
  • Techniques for negotiating Licensing Agreement terms
  • Arbitration of licensing disputes of an international nature

These are just some of the topics that will be touched upon, with current examples.

Birgit will also hold 1-on-1 half-hour consultations with interested companies.*

Applying to attend the lecture is mandatory at the following LINK, by Tuesday, 12 September at noon. The link also includes applications for one-on-one consultations.

Why do Licensing Agreements matter?

Have you heard of Qualcomm?
This tech company develops wireless communication chips and technology, with many patents essential for the functioning of mobile networks and devices. To enable mobile device manufacturers to use their technologies, Qualcomm license their technologies against appropriate fees. This means that all mobile device manufacturers wishing to use 3G, 4G or 5G technologies, including the likes of Samsung or Apple, must pay Qualcomm a fee to use their patents.

This enables the company to generate income from mobile device manufacturers across the globe, basing its business model on licensing of technologies that add value to other companies’ products.

Who is Birgit Weil?

Dr Birgit Weil has worked in intellectual property law since 2005 at law firms and in-house in France, the UK, Germany and Switzerland. She advises individuals and small and large companies on issues about protecting, defending and licensing intellectual property rights, including trademarks, designs, designations of origin and copyright. In arbitrations under the licensing law, she represents parties and/or is server as an appointed arbiter under the ICC, DIS, Swiss, CAS, and ad hoc rules.

For several years now, Birgit has been a lecturer at Swiss universities of applied sciences in Grisons, Zurich and Bern on intellectual property rights, focusing on licensing. She heads the CAS Intellectual Property Paralegal programme at ZHAW (Zurich University of Applied Sciences). She has been admitted to the Swiss and German bar associations and is an arbiter for the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization).

STP Belgrade hosts this lecture in cooperation with the Swiss Intellectual Property Institute (Swiss IPI) as part of the project “Technopark Serbia 2 – Boosting Exports through Technoparks”, implemented by STP Belgrade with support from the Swiss Government.

*Those interested in one-on-one consultations with Birgit will be notified of available time slots, depending on the lecturer’s availability. STP Belgrade member companies will be given preference in selecting applicants for these consultations.