About Us
History
IPEC was formed in 2002 as part of the global telecommunication’s initiative to launch an anti-trust approved W-CDMA Patent Pool. It was recognised that meaningful licensing requires, as a prerequisite, a credible evaluation process and an independent patent essentiality evaluation provider covering all major countries in which patents are normally filed.
As part of the antitrust reviews by the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division, the European Commission Competition Directorate and the Japanese Fair Trade Commission during the period 1999 – 2002 the approvals included acceptance of the IPEC organisational structure and evaluation process.
Today
The professional staff undertaking the patent evaluation are all professional patent attorneys within their respective countries and are experienced in patent essentiality determination for a broad range of internationally standardized technologies.
IPEC has continued to expand over the years to provide the specialist expertise in many more countries.
Under the W-CDMA Patent Pool, as an example, IPEC has evaluated more than 1100 patents from 23 countries/jurisdictions for 14 major international telecommunication manufacturers and operators. During that time IPEC has earned a credible industry reputation globally.
Our focus is exclusively on patent essentiality determination against international technical standards using a rigorous approach; there is no other comparable organisation worldwide offering these one-stop-shop services.
IPEC’s strengths
- Independence: our work is not influenced by outside interest
- Global service offering: we can offer services in all major countries
- Broad technological scope: we have the technical expertise to cover many major international technical standards
- Global experience and track record: we have evaluated a substantial number of patents in all major countries for many leading international corporations
- Skilled team: we have a professional team of patent lawyers in all major countries familiar with the usage of the industry-defined evaluation process
- Trusted partner: we are committed to be a trusted partner with our clients
IPEC members
IPEC is a not-for-profit organization interfacing with a network of 26 patent law firms in 23 countries/jurisdictions:
|
Country (patent jurisdiction) |
Patent Law Firm |
Name of Evaluator (patent attorney) |
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Australia |
Griffith Hack |
Tim Staley |
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Brazil |
Licks Advogados |
Elvira Andrade |
|
Canada |
BCF Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP |
Gaétan Prince Gavin N. Manning, Todd A. Rattray |
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China |
Unitalen Intebright LLC |
Kan Zu Li Li |
|
Eurasia, Russia Federation |
Gorodissky & Partners |
Yuri Kuznetsov |
|
Europe, France |
Samuel Deschamps, Adrien Bétrancourt Pierre Baudin |
|
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Europe, Germany |
Eisenführ Speiser* |
Jochen Ehlers |
|
Europe, Italy |
Botti & Ferrari |
Mario Botti |
|
Europe, UK |
FJ Cleveland |
Michael Williams |
|
Hong Kong |
Unitalen Intebright LLC |
Kan Zu Li Li |
|
India |
Anand & Anand |
Pravin Anand |
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Indonesia |
Jakarta Patent Bureau |
Hilmi Miftahul |
|
Japan
|
Sanada & Associates Kisaragi Associates |
Tamotsu Sanada Masaru Itami |
|
Malaysia |
Marks & Clerk Malaysia |
Chris Hemingway |
|
Mexico |
Dumont Bergman Bider & Co., S.C |
Diego Alvarado |
|
New Zealand |
Ellis Terry |
John Terry |
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Singapore |
Marks & Clerk Singapore LLP |
Tim Watkin |
|
South Africa |
Hahn & Hahn |
Janusz Luterek |
|
South Korea
|
Shinsung S&IP Patent & Law |
Haechon Michael Park Samyong Kim, Joonhyung Jun |
|
Taiwan |
Lee & Li |
Chia-Hsing Lin |
|
USA |
Gottlieb, Rackman & Reisman |
Allen Rubenstein |
|
Vietnam |
Pham & Associates |
Duong Tu Giang |
*Legal Representatives of IPEC