Miro Senica

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40+ years of experience

Language:

English

Croatian, Serbian

Present Function:

Law Firm Senica & Partners, Ltd. - Founding and Managing Partner.

General Expertise:

Professional legal or litigation experience related to the scope of competence of the PMAC

He is Founding and Managing Partner of Law Firm Senica & Partners (Ljubljana) since 1986, focusing on complex intellectual property and technology disputes, high-value commercial litigation, and structured settlements in patent-driven matters. He has acted as lead counsel in major pharmaceutical patent disputes, including long-running litigation for Krka d.d. against Merck Sharp & Dohme (approx. EUR 3 billion at stake), and has represented leading pharmaceutical companies such as Krka, Teva Pharmaceuticals Ltd., and Lek d.d. in patent infringement, validity, regulatory, and IP-related damages matters. His experience also includes cross-border copyright and patent disputes in the electronics and gaming sector, as well as IP dispute resolution for global manufacturers in the industrial and mechanical design sectors. He regularly manages complex patent cases involving pharmaceuticals, electronics and software-driven systems, and industrial design, with particular attention to strategic settlement structuring, including licensing frameworks and royalty arrangements. He is conversant with the UPC and European patent framework and is fluent in English, with proficiency in Croatian/Serbian for cross-border regional matters.

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Practical experience of conducting mediation or conciliation or judicial settlement conferences or out-of-court dispute settlements in disputes related to the scope of competence of the PMAC
In addition to his litigation practice, he has extensive experience in facilitating negotiated resolutions of complex IP and technology disputes, particularly in the pharmaceutical, electronics, and industrial sectors. He regularly designs and manages structured settlement processes in multi-party patent and regulatory conflicts, including coordination of without-prejudice discussions, staged negotiation frameworks, and cross-border stakeholder alignment. His work in this context includes developing royalty structures, cross-licensing and coexistence arrangements, territory and field-of-use carve-outs, confidentiality regimes, and non-challenge undertakings tailored to commercially sustainable outcomes. He adopts a primarily facilitative approach, complemented where appropriate by evaluative input grounded in long-standing patent litigation experience. He is familiar with mediation of FRAND- and SEP-related issues, including royalty methodology and licensing parameters, and conducts proceedings in English, with additional proficiency in Croatian/Serbian for regional matters. He is available for appointment and acts in accordance with principles of neutrality, independence, and confidentiality.