UPC CoA to hold two key long-arm hearings in March: wide spectrum from restrictive read of Mannheim ruling to expansive Paris LD take

Counsel

KEEEX v. OpenAI (appeal from Paris LD denial of preliminary objection)

Counsel for KeeeX: Fidal Avocats, Thibaud Lelong.

Counsel for Adobe: DTMV Avocats (ip fray firm profile), Thomas Cuche, together with Powell Gilbert’s Dr. Andreas Kramer.

Counsel for OpenAI: Clifford Chance (ip fray firm profile with numerous achievements), David Por.

Counsel for Truepic: Jeantet, Benjamin May.

Counsel for Joint Development Foundation Projects and the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity: DLA Piper, Dr. Philipp Cepl.

Fujifilm v. Kodak (appeal from Mannheim LD)

Counsel for Fujifilm: Kather Augenstein (ip fray firm profile in the making), Dr. Christof Augenstein.

Counsel for defendant Kodak: Freshfields (counsel of record: Elena Hennecke).

GC Esthetics v. Establishment Labs (Brussels LD panel decision; no appeal discoverable yet)

Counsel for GC Esthetics (applicant-defendant): Bristows (ip fray firm profile in the making); Brian Cordery, Dr. Gregory Bacon, Andrew Bowler, and James Boon.

Counsel for Establishment Labs (respondent-claimant): Haseltine Lake Kempner’s Joanna Deas, Alex Rogers, Harriet Crawford, and Joseph Lenthall.