UPC: The Countdown Begins! (RECORDING)

Jakob Kellenberger is a Senior Director and Associate General Counsel for Procter & Gamble in Belgium. In this position, Mr. Kellenberger is responsible for P&G’s Global Home Care- and European Fabric Care-IP. He oversees a group of Patent Professionals located in P&G’s Newcastle, Schwalbach and Brussels Innovation Centers and advises Procter & Gamble’s senior management on intellectual property issues. Mr. Kellenberger has authored numerous P&G patents and patent applications, has led a number of oppositions/appeals and hearings in the EPO, has been involved in license agreements, acquisitions and divestitures, in mediation and in IP litigation. Mr. Kellenberger holds a MSc with a focus on Molecular Biology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Eidg. Tech. Hochschule - ETH) in Zürich and a Postgraduate degree in IP law from the same school. He is a Qualified Representative before the EPO, and has over 25 years of experience in IP.

Boris Kreye is a partner in Bird & Bird, LLP's IP practice group in Munich and head of the litigation team there. As a litigator, he obtained extensive experience in leading and handling multi-jurisdictional patent disputes over the years and decades. He represents national and international clients both on the offensive and the defensive side. He appears before all German patent infringement courts, the Federal Patent Court in Munich and the European Patent Office (EPO) and has particular expertise in coordinating international patent disputes in multiple countries, both for plaintiffs and defendants.

Over the years he has been involved in several high-profile cases, areas of expertise including life sciences, consumer electronics mobile communications, SEP and FRAND, automotive and nano-technology. He has represented leading companies from the US, Japan and Europe in these industries. He also represents clients in oppositions and nullity proceedings before the EPO, the German Patent and Trade Mark Office, the Federal Patent Court and the Federal Supreme Court. Furthermore, he is listed as a WIPO arbitrator. Besides advising clients in all other IP matters, particularly in trademarks, unfair competition law and design rights, he also has experience in assisting and representing clients in ICC arbitration proceedings and evidence proceedings under the Hague Convention (mostly in connection with the US litigation).

Dr. Bettina Wanner is Head of IP Advocacy and Strategy for Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH. She is also Chair of IPO's European Practice Committee.