Legal

The Legal SIG is Championed by:

Anthony Waller, Partner, Olswang
Email: anthony.waller@olswang.com

Phil David General Counsel, ARM
Email: philip.david@arm.com
Tel. 01223 400400

Patrick Clark, Partner, Taylor Wessing
Email: p.clark@taylorwessing.com
Tel. 020 7300 7000

Adrian Toutoungi, Eversheds LLP
Tel: 01223 443666

 

The purpose of the Legal SIG is to promote best practice on a range of legal issues for the benefit of a broad range of wireless and technology companies. Meetings will be convened four times a year. Many participants of the Legal SIG are also willing to provide contributions and input to any other Cambridge Wireless SIG. Requests should, in the first instance, be directed to any of the Legal SIG Champions (details above) or to Soraya Jones at Cambridge Wireless.

Topics under discussion for future events include:

  •  Open source best practice
  •  M&A in the wireless and technology sectors
  • Licensing Masterclass – managing risk
  • Export controls
  • Supporting HR
Recent Event

Legal SIG, Cambridge Consultants, 22nd October 2009. "In Times of Need - Find a Friend" 

To view the presentations at this event, follow the links below…..

Cambridge Consultants -  Alan Wiltshire

“Structuring a technology joint venture” - Ron Moscona, Dorsey and Whitney

“Business strategies for collaborations” - Kevin Coleman, Alliantus

“Royalties" - Ben Wilcox, PriceWaterhouseCoopers

For presentations from earlier SIG events please click here

Next Event  

Legal Briefing – Eversheds’ ’If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself’ (Seneca)

First in the series of Cambridge Wireless Legal Briefings will be hosted and led by Eversheds LLP. This series is specifically designed for the benefit of SMEs and we are delighted to launch this series with a session and debate focusing trade secrecy. What procedures should an organisation put in place to secure patent protection and these assets? As well as useful responses to other issues such as movement of key staff as well as the vital advice on what to do in the worst case scenario, will all be defined and debated in this concise practical session.
 
Software algorithms, next-generation products, IC design, commercial pricing – are just some examples of confidential information that can form key business assets.  This briefing will debate the importance of trade secrecy compared with patent protection in the wireless sector. Also under discussion will be the policies and procedures that can be put in place to protect these assets, suggestion of possible responses when key employees move to a competitor, and the practical steps to take if the worst happens, will all also be taken into consideration.
 
These sessions provide a unique opportunity to growing technology companies to acquire the latest emerging information within a legal context. The aim of each session aim is to tackle, debate and provide resolutions for hot topics and critical areas within industry today. 
 
Please note places are restricted and we have limited spaces for this session, therefore, confirmation of an assigned place will be given three weeks prior to the event.
 
We are also extremely grateful to Legal SIG Champion, Adrian Toutoungi, Partner of Eversheds LLP, for hosting the event and to Simon Crossly, Eversheds LLP Partner, for leading this event.
 
This event is FREE to members of Cambridge Wireless. Tickets for non-members are £150.00 plus VAT. To join Cambridge Wireless as a member and attend future events for free, please visit:
 21/06/12

Legal Briefing - Olswang ‘The Patent Wars – Where will it all end? Where should it all end?’

The second in the series of our new quarterly legal briefings will be hosted by our Legal SIG Champion, Anthony Waller, Partner of Olswang LLP who will welcome and introduce all to their first Legal Briefing session. Michael Burdon, Partner of Olswang LLP will lead this session and discuss the latest position on patent cases involving mobile phones and tablets. Focus will also be placed on regulatory, commercial and competition legal issues, with debate on how to strike a fair balance for innovation and reward in relation to technology standards. This and future sessions will take a round table format and are specially designed for SMEs with a technology focus.
 
Michael Burdon, Partner of Olswang will be discussing the very latest position in patent litigation involving mobile phones and tablets. This roundtable discussion will be hear views on the likely outcome from these cases as well as examining how tech companies should interoperate to reach a fair balance of innovation and reward in the world of technology standards. Other topics under review will include regulatory, commercial and competition legal issues.
 
Second in a series of quarterly legal briefings which have been specifically designed for the benefit of SMEs; each will be tackling, debating and providing resolutions for other critical areas, with leading speakers and hosts in the legal field. These sessions provide a unique opportunity to growing technology companies to acquire the latest emerging information within a legal context.
 
Please note places are restricted and we have limited spaces for this session, therefore, confirmation of an assigned place will be given three weeks prior to the event.
 
We are also extremely grateful to Anthony Waller, Legal SIG Champion and Partner of Olswang for hosting the event and to Michael Burdon, Partner of Olswang for leading this session.
 
This event is FREE to members of Cambridge Wireless. Tickets for non-members are £150.00 plus VAT. To join Cambridge Wireless as a member and attend future events for free, please visit:
 04/10/12