Dave Kappos Participates in the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology’s Asia IP SEP Talk Series 2021
September 01, 2021
On August 30, 2021, Cravath partner David J. Kappos participated in a webinar hosted by the Asia IP & Technology Law Project of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, as a part of its Asia IP SEP Talk Series 2021. The session, entitled “Concurrent Litigation and Jurisdictional Competition,” reviewed the current developments of anti‑suit injunctions, the potential consequences in the information and communication technology and internet of things industries, methods to prevent growing jurisdictional competition from escalating into international judicial hostility, potential cooperation mechanisms to discourage overzealous competition and the role that arbitration could play in these injunctions.
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