“Most people use statistics the way a drunkard uses a lamp post, more for support than illumination.” Mark Twain What are the losses due to “IP Theft” from China? On a recent […]
Mark Cohen （柯恒）
Mark Allen Cohen (柯恒) is currently the Senior Technology Fellow at the Asia Society of Northern California and an Edison Fellow at the University of Akron School of Law. He also serves as a Non-Resident Scholar at the University of California Haas School of Business and University of California, San Diego, and the National Bureau of Asian Research. He previously served as the first Intellectual Property Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and as Attorney-Advisor in the Office of International Relations at USPTO. In total, he has over 30 years private, public sector, in house and academic experience on IPR issues in China. This blog represents the opinions of Mark Cohen and any guest authors only and should not be construed as the position of any third party.
The Changing Legislative Landscape of Trade Secret Protection in China
This blog is a supplement to my prior blog on the recent TM law and AUCL revisions. Attached is a bilingual translation provided by the Quality Brands Protection Committee (QBPC) of the recent […]
Trademark Law and AUCL Revisions Passed Into Law
Jill Ge of Clifford Chance has brought to my attention that the changes proposed to the Trademark Law and Anti-Unfair Competition Law that I reported on April 21, have now been passed at […]
Further Trade-Responsive IP Legislative Developments May Be In the Works…
“When a stranger lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. The stranger living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you […]
Still Time to Register: Practical Issues in CFIUS and Export Controls
The dramatic expansion of the scope of the CFIUS process and its complex interaction with changing export control regimes pose complex challenges to companies in the United States and throughout the world. […]
RIP VAN WINKLE RETURNS FOR THE TRADE WAR
A Modern Illustrated Political Fable By an Anonymous Folklorist Rip Van Winkle VIII, Esq, the great US government intellectual property and trade lawyer and descendant of the Hudson Valley Van Winkles, fell […]
How to Monitor an IP Trade Agreement with China
The following observations are drawn from a recent talk I gave at the US-China Business Council, which was called “IP in the Trade War: Strategies for a New Normal.” A video recap […]
EPISODE 900: THE STOLEN COMPANY
Recently National Public Radio’s Planet Money aired an extensive radio broadcast entitled “Episode 900: The Stolen Company” about a counterfeiting case involving a US adhesives company, ABRO. The case occurred over 10 years […]
THE TIER IS REVISED…
After nearly twenty years of advocacy, China has finally revoked certain offensive provisions of the Administration of Technology Import/Export Regulations (“TIER”), effective March 18, 2019. The decision was made by State Council […]
Rest in Peace, Birch Bayh
Amidst the many articles and radio commentary on the passing of Birch Bayh on March 14, 2019, a liberal Senator from Indiana, few have noted Senator Bayh’s contribution to patent law and […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 