Keeping it to Yourself: Attorney-Client Privilege in the United States and Europe

In our global economy, protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights reaches far beyond any one country’s border.  As a result, innovators—no matter where they are based—want certainty that their communications with IP practitioners in other countries are privileged and will be protected from discovery, especially when entrenched in U.S. patent litigation.  Yet despite an overwhelming worldwide interest to harmonize the application of privilege to communications between clients and their attorneys, U.S. district courts and courts of foreign jurisdictions continue to find that such communications are not automatically immune from discovery.

This webinar will cover recent developments in the law concerning attorney-client privilege in both the United States and Europe.

Topics will include:

• Overview of traditional foreign privilege analysis
• The Federal Circuit’s decision In re Queen’s University, which recognized privilege in U.S. patent agents’ communications
• Privilege under the Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court
• Privilege for European IP practitioners’ communications before U.S. district courts

Moderator:

Martin D. Hyden

Speakers:

Philip L. Cupitt, Ph.D.
Erin M. Sommers, Ph.D.

Date:

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Time:

15:00 - 16:00 BST
16:00 - 17:00 CEST
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. EDT