Frodo FERRO

Partner, Patent Attorney, Kilburn & Strode
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Technology Transfer
Patent StrategyR&D
Licensing
Negotiation
Management|
Standardization
Licensing Agreements
Patent Litigation
IP Litigation
Patent preparation
Patent Prosecution
Patent Analysis
Patent Portfolio Management
Semiconductors
Electronics
Medical Devices
Nanotechnology.
R&D
Innovation
Strategieentwicklung

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Frodo FERRO

  • Current 4 years and 5 months, since Jan 2022

    Patent Attorney

    Kilburn & Strode

    General IP-related counseling covering legal and commercial aspects. Ranges from structuring and negotiation transactions (licenses, R&D, standardization), portfolio management, strategy to drafting and prosecution of patent applications, oppositions, defensive and offensive litigation.

  • 3 years and 9 months, Apr 2018 - Dec 2021

    Managing director

    Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
  • 1 year and 7 months, Sep 2016 - Mar 2018

    Legal Counsel

    Los & Stigter

    General IP-related counseling covering legal and commercial aspects. Ranges from structuring and negotiation transactions (licenses, R&D, standardization), portfolio management, strategy to drafting and prosecution of patent applications, oppositions, defensive and offensive litigation.

  • 9 months, Dec 2015 - Aug 2016

    Lead counsel standardisation, IP valorisation and contracts

    NXP Semiconductors Germany

    Lead legal counsel for standardization. Structuring consortia developing standard specifications, negotiating policies and bylaws through, anti-trust compliance, licensing in and out patents and technology related to standards . Lead counsel IP valorisation and contractsfor business of 1 billion USD. Responsibilities included: - counseling executives on IP; - valorization of IP: patent and technology licensing in and out, R&D alliances, etc.; - dealing with tax aspects of IP.

  • 8 years and 2 months, Nov 2007 - Dec 2015

    Manager EMEA patent department & senior IP Counsel for EMEA

    Freescale

    Lead counsel and manager of EMEA patent department. In charge of patent and technology licensing in and out, R&D alliances, etc, with values up to 1 billion USD. Global legal lead for standardization and licensing of standard essential patents. Responsible for a team and budget of ~3 million USD to manage an overal portfolio of >2000 patents, reviewing 300+ inventions, and filing about 300 patents.

  • 1 year and 5 months, Jun 2006 - Oct 2007

    Patent Counsel EMEA

    Freescale

    Overall responsibility for patents of EMEA’s automotive business, including invention harvesting and evaluation, drafting and prosecution of patent applications, portfolio management, freedom to operate and infringement analysis, and litigation support

  • 6 years and 5 months, Feb 2000 - Jun 2006

    Patent Attorney (associate)

    Vereenigde

    Drafting and prosecution of patent applications, oppositions, defensive and offensive litigation. General IP-related advice, such as freedom to operate, portfolio management, drafting licensing agreements. Lead responsibility for a mixed client portfolio of SME’s, multinationals like Neopost, DeLaval, SAP and Ericsson, and public research institutes like the Dutch institute for radio astronomy and the academic hospital of the University of Maastricht.

Ausbildung von Frodo FERRO

  • 6 years and 9 months, Sep 1995 - May 2002

    Commercial law

    Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

    Intellectual property law, competition law, computer law

  • 5 years and 6 months, Sep 1994 - Feb 2000

    Applied Physics

    Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

    semiconductor and superconductor physics

Sprachen

  • English

    C1 (Fließend)

  • Dutch

    C2 (Verhandlungssicher / Muttersprachlich)

  • French

    C1 (Fließend)

  • German

    C1 (Fließend)

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