Elisabeth Opie, trading as Opie
Budget
Not declared
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
1
0.1 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Opie provides operational, tactical and strategic advice across a broad range of issues facing technology-centric companies. Our aim is to work with clients to convert concept to desired business outcome on an efficient and sustainable basis. Our goal is to facilitate the creation, protection, use and exploitation of our client’s intellectual property assets in a managed risk and advanced governance environment. In relation to IP and Trade law, we have extensive experience and ongoing engagement with many international policy and technical development fora, and ongoing engagement with countries around the world, regarding policy matters (in particular, IP and trade) and issues potentially impacting business. In relation to IP and Competition Law, we have extensive experience regarding licensing, negotiations and dispute resolution.
EU Legislative Interests
Digital Single Market Patents and Standards FRAND and open source IPRED EC Communications regarding standard essential patents Proposed regulation on standard essential patents EU standards strategy IP and Competition Law Horizontal Guidelines TTBER and associated Guidelines Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union International Trade
Communication Activities
We assist clients with the preparation of government submissions and calls for public comments; and also engage with the European Commission, Members of the European Parliament and Members of the EU Council.
Interests Represented
Advances interests of their clients
Member Of
The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property https://aippi.org/ Licensing Executives Society http://www.les-germany.org/standard.xml?vpID=2 The Florence Competition Programme (FCP), the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Rechtsanwaltskammer München https://rak-muenchen.de/ Law Society of England and Wales http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/ Solicitors Regulation Authority England and Wales https://www.sra.org.uk/home/home.page Law Institute of Victoria, Australia https://www.liv.asn.au/ Law Society of Ireland, https://www.lawsociety.ie German Australian Business Council http://gabc.eu/ The Resolution Institute https://resolution.institute/Web/default.aspx?hkey=340e0a74-1c90-44ec-b51c-42098c641571&WebsiteKey=dec9f1f7-108d-4749-b7d9-9491d6c22113 Centre for Effective DIspute Resolution (CEDR) https://www.cedr.com/
Additional Information
The 2024 financial year is being completed by the German Tax Office
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.