Yann Dietrich

Current

Intellectual Property Legal Director at AREVA T&D

Past

General Counsel at LiMo Foundation
EMEA Chief IP Counsel (Sr IP attorney) at Intel Corporation
Head of IP&Technology dept / Group IP legal dept at France Telecom

IP legal counsel at Groupe des écoles des télécommunications
Patent&Trademark legal counsel at GEFIB patent law firm

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Education

Université Robert Schuman (Strasbourg III)

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Yann Dietrich’s Summary

Over the last 12 years, I have contributed to the strategies of various international companies and organisations in the field of Innovation and Intellectual property, strategic and business IPR licensing, Open source, standardisation and lobbying.

I have built this experience through my work in a public R&D centre, a major telecom operator (Orange/France Telecom), a worldwide leader in semiconductors (Intel), in an international industry consortium (LiMo Foundation) and now Areva T&D. I have experience of leading and managing teams on an international basis.

My main achievements include:

- The creation of several successful licensing programs related to wireless technologies (e.g. turbo codes), and major contributions to all various IPR strategies of France Telecom/Orange and some important initiatives of Intel;

- The creation of several industry initiatives (home gateway initiative, LiPS forum...), member of the Board of OMA (Open Mobile Alliance), and recent contributions to the review of its IPR policy by ETSI;

- Lobbying through my involvement in many European discussions about IPR as elected chairman of the IPR group of EICTA, the European ICT industry Trade association;

- Open source through actively assisting (from 1999) an R&D public organisation and then France Telecom/Orange to define the company’s strategy in this field, and finally for LiMo Foundation where I have been implementing the strategy and the compliance program.

Additionally, I teach IP and licensing in two French universities, and speak in many conferences.

You can also consult my blog: http://ydietrich.wordpress.com

Yann Dietrich’s Specialties:

Patent, technology licensing, R&D, Opensource, lobbying, standardization and more generally intellectual property, international and complex negotiations, management

Yann Dietrich’s Experience

Intellectual Property Legal Director

AREVA T&D

(Privately Held; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

October 2009 — Present (2 months)

Reporting to the Vice President Legal/General Counsel and the Senior VP in charge of Innovation and Performance Improvement, my primary responsability is to drive and implement the Intellectual Property strategy of Areva T&D in terms of protection, assertion and licensing with a functional responsability on all IP teams within the company.
General Counsel

LiMo Foundation

(Telecommunications industry)

January 2008 — October 2009 (1 year 10 months)

Based in UK (London), I was the General Counsel of LiMo Foundation, an industry consortium dedicated to creating the first truly open, hardware-independent, Linux-based operating system for mobile devices. Founded initially by Motorola, NEC, NTT Docomo, Panasonic, Samsung and Vodafone, most of the mobile industry leaders have joined or are joining this consortium.

I was especially responsible for the corporate governance in a multi-cultural environment, IPR & licensing strategy, and also our Open source both in terms of compliance but also our engagement with other communities. As part of his role, I am managing our team of external counsels and LiMo open source manager.
EMEA Chief IP Counsel (Sr IP attorney)

Intel Corporation

(Public Company; INTC; Semiconductors industry)

October 2005 — January 2008 (2 years 4 months)

Based in UK (Swindon) I was the EMEA Chief IP counsel for Intel, especially in charge of IP and Standards policy matters, as well as others IP related matters in EMEA. I am representing Intel in European standards organisations such as ETSI and DVB, as well as trade associations, and have been elected as chairman of the IPR group of EICTA, the European ICT Industry Association.

I leaded several key projects/cross-functional international team as part of my responsibilities.
Head of IP&Technology dept / Group IP legal dept

France Telecom

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

November 2000 — September 2005 (4 years 11 months)

Based in France (Paris) I structured and managed the France Telecom/Orange team of licensing counsels (5 attorneys) and was a member of the management team of the IP/licensing division.

As a member of the management team of the IP& licensing division, I contributed to the creation of this division and the definition of its strategy.

I have especially contributed to the turbocodes licensing program and the strategic partnerships campaign initiated by the CEO of this company. I was very involved in all standards related IP questions, as well as all licensing activities of France Telecom (patents pools such as mpeg2, etc.). Additionally, I set up the policies and strategies for R&D engagements with third parties and a very important campaign of strategic partnership initiated by the CEO.

Finally, as the legal expert within the open source team, I contributed to the creation and the definition of the open source strategy.
IP legal counsel

Groupe des écoles des télécommunications

(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

September 1999 — November 2000 (1 year 3 months)

Implementation of legal instruments to protect innovation in this R&D public center
Following of the filing and prosecution of patent and trademark application in France and in the world
Drafting and negotiating, of R&D agreement such as FP5 IST consortium agreement, of licensing agreement such as IP rights license and assignment
Patent&Trademark legal counsel

GEFIB patent law firm

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Law Practice industry)

September 1997 — September 1999 (2 years 1 month)

Legal counsel on IP rights: patent, trademark, design and copyright, Management of a trademark portfolio
Litigation: opposition, counterfeit-seizures, negotiation of out-of-court settlements
Draft and negotiation of Licensing agreement especially in the pharmaceutical field and agreements related to trademark rights such as license, non opposition, etc.
Internet: domain names litigation, counsel on hypertext issues and E commerce in the pharmaceutical field.

Yann Dietrich’s Education

Université Robert Schuman (Strasbourg III)

Postgraduate degree , IP and Contract Law , 1992 — 1996

University of Strasbourg and CEIPI (International Study Center of Industrial Property)