Standard Essential Patents (SEP) / FRAND Disputes: Deal Mediation

Chung Nian Lam heads the Intellectual Property, Technology & Media, Telecommunications and Data Protection Practices at WongPartnership LLP, a leading Singapore law firm.

He has extensive experience representing multinational companies, listed corporations and government clients on regulatory, transactional, enforcement and advisory matters. He is a leading practitioner in his areas of expertise, having won many awards and accolades.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has been appointed as an IP Adjudicator empowered to hear disputes before the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, as well as to the Singapore International Arbitration Centre’s Panel of Arbitrators for IP Disputes, and the World Intellectual Property Organization Panel of Film and Media Mediators, Arbitrators and Experts, among others. He is admitted to the Singapore Bar and to the Roll of Solicitors of England & Wales and is also a registered patent agent in Singapore.

Michele Herman is the founder of JusTech Law. Her practice focuses exclusively on legal and business issues affecting technology development and commercialization such as technology standards, open source software, and intellectual property transactions. Michele has substantial experience negotiating patent licenses as well as intellectual rights policies for SDOs. Michele’s standards practice began in the 1990s when she launched and led Microsoft’s standards team. Michele holds numerous leadership positions in several IP associations. She writes and speaks often on topics related to standards, open source, and IP transactions. Michele has served as an expert witness in SEP litigation and is a certified mediator.