Frodo FERRO
Partner, Patent Attorney, Kilburn & Strode
Amsterdam, Niederlande
Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Frodo FERRO
Bis heute 2 Jahre und 5 Monate, seit 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 Jahre und 9 Monate, Apr. 2018 - Dez. 2021
Managing director
Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte1 Jahr und 7 Monate, Sep. 2016 - März 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 Monate, Dez. 2015 - Aug. 2016
Lead counsel standardisation, IP valorisation and contracts
NXP Semiconductors GermanyLead 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 Jahre und 2 Monate, Nov. 2007 - Dez. 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 Jahr und 5 Monate, Juni 2006 - Okt. 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 Jahre und 5 Monate, Feb. 2000 - Juni 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 Jahre und 9 Monate, Sep. 1995 - Mai 2002
Commercial law
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Intellectual property law, competition law, computer law
5 Jahre und 6 Monate, Sep. 1994 - Feb. 2000
Applied Physics
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
semiconductor and superconductor physics
Sprachen
Englisch
Fließend
Niederländisch
Muttersprache
Französisch
Fließend
Deutsch
Fließend