Tariffs

• Adapting procurement and patent strategies to navigate ongoing trade volatility.
• Assessing the impact of new U.S. tariffs on IP licensing, sourcing, and enforcement.
• Developing legal approaches to manage cross-border contracts and resolve disputes effectively.

Cross Border IP Enforcement

• Discussing current trends shaping cross-border IP enforcement.
• Evaluating emerging global IP threats such as digital counterfeiting.
• Exploring strategies to harmonise protection through treaties and bilateral cooperation.

Standard Essential Patents

• Aligning SEP strategy with product development and innovation to support long-term competitiveness.
• Navigating risk and ensure compliance across complex global supply chains.
• Examining the impact of new EU SEP regulations on FRAND licensing obligations and enforcement.

Trade Secret Protection Strategies

• Developing tailored risk management strategies aligned with the unique structure of your IP portfolio.
• Implementing employee training programs to minimise accidental trade secret exposure.
• Strengthening trade secret policies to address evolving cybersecurity threats.

Right-to-Repair IP Issues

• Balancing OEM IP rights with consumer access under shifting right-to-repair mandates.
• Navigating copyright and patent boundaries in software and component accessibility.
• Mitigating IP risks tied to reverse engineering and design patent infringement.

Auto IP in China

• Analysing how Chinese OEMs and battery leaders are reshaping global patent trends.
• Exploring China's evolving patent filing strategies and their global implications.
• Examining recent developments in the Chinese automotive IP landscape.

Open Source Code

• Managing license obligations in open source components across vehicle systems.
• Identifying IP exposure in legacy code through targeted audits.
• Coordinating legal, security and engineering on open-source governance.

AI in Automotive IP

• Clarifying patentability, ownership, and inventorship challenges in AI-generated innovations.
• Balancing innovation with IP rights.
• Applying practical methods to avoid infringement when developing AI systems.

Vehicle Generated Data

• Exploring emerging litigation and regulations shaping IP in connected vehicle data.
• Understand how data licensing overlaps with privacy, cybersecurity, and IP law.
• Establish enforceable boundaries around real-time vehicle and driver data.