Europe's Unified Patent Court: (Panel 5) Understanding invalidity challenges in different forums

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2025 Berkeley-GW UPC Institute
Panel 5: Understanding invalidity challenges in different forums: EPO, UPC, and the PTAB
Nov 20, 2025 | 8:50 A.M. ET | UC Washington Center

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This session focuses on global options for challenging the validity of patents. These processes are similar in concept but not so similar in procedures. How do these processes compare? What are the key differences? And what should you know about parallel proceedings?

Moderator
Jeff Kushan (Sidley Austin)

Speakers
Yasmine Azzaoui (Bonabry)
Farheena Rasheed (former Solicitor and Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property Law, USPTO)
Alexander Harguth (Bonabry)

A Strategic Deep Dive into the UPC and Its Global Impact

As Europe’s Unified Patent Court (UPC) gains more interest and cases, US corporations, innovators and their counsel face urgent questions: What does this seismic shift in patent enforcement mean for global IP strategy? And how should US companies engage, compete, and strategize given this new landscape?

This daylong, high-impact institute offers a unique opportunity to hear directly from UPC judges, former USPTO and Federal Circuit leadership, seasoned litigators, global in-house counsel, and UPC experts.

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• Avail. Until: 12/23/2026
• Course Time:   1:00 PM PT
• Duration:   45 min.
• Program Code:   BCLT0062.5