Dr. Peter Georg Picht is an IP and competition law professor at Zurich University and a fellow with the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. He is also of counsel with the law firm Schellenberg Wittmer and has been working in patent law research and practice for more than 15 years, with a particular focus on SEPs (standard-essential patents) and FRAND (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory).
He is a regular expert in court and arbitration cases, as well as a regular advisor to policy makers, such as the European Commission, the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), and the German and Swiss governments. Some examples of his work in this area are when he advised the EU Commission on the Unified Patent Court (UPC), the SEP Regulation, and the IP licensing Block Exemption Regulation (also known as the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation).
Our latest podcast episode, released today, features an interview with Dr. Picht about the EU’s IP Rights Enforcement Directive and his views on whether it is currently helping or hindering innovation.
He addresses whether it needs amending, and, if so, whether now would be the right time to make those changes.
Dr. Picht also sheds light on the current state of European law and its application by the UPC and the German courts, regarding the proportionality of patent injunctions, as well as the fundamental differences between U.S. patent injunction case law and the European approach to patent injunctions.
You can find the recording on Spotify:
The planning and production of this podcast were supported by Ericsson, but Dr. Picht voiced only his own and independent opinions.