Thursday, June 18th 8 am Pacific / 11 am Eastern
Our special guest this week, Steve Akerley, Vice President, Head of Litigation at InterDigital, Inc will present on:
Litigating Standard Essential Patents in 2026 - Navigating Global Courts, Combating Hold-out Strategies, Judicial Imperialism and the Wisdom of Arbitration
How are highly technical patent cases distilled down into an effective one-day mediation? Learn how litigation differs between jury trials, bench trials, and mediations when the stakes are high.
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Our presenter:
Steve is the global head of litigation for InterDigital, one of the world’s largest and most successful pure research and development companies. Since joining InterDigital in 2020, Steve and his team have been at the forefront of the rapidly developing international legal landscape for cases involving standard essential patents. In the last 6 years, Steve and his team have executed a global strategy, securing critical results before courts in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, the UPC, Brazil, India, Spain and China. Prior to joining InterDigital, he was in private practice at several international firms where he litigated and tried company-critical patent cases for both patent owners and accused infringers. Steve has been recognized repeatedly by IAM in its Global Strategy 300 and as one of the country’s top patent litigators by the National Law Journal, the Daily Journal and other peer-nominated reviews.
Offered by Will Work For Food, founded by Natalie Armstrong-Motin (www.HowToMarketMyMediationPractice.com, moderated by Jeff Kichaven (www.JeffKichaven.com ) and Jean Lawler (www.LawlerADR.com), and Program Coordinator, David Shraga (www.DavidShraga.com).
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