Three IP-related laws and policies have been released for public comment in the past week, at two different stages in the legislative process. The first and perhaps most significant is the revisions […]
Mark Allen Cohen (柯恒) is currently the Senior Technology Fellow at the Asia Society of Northern California and at the Asia Society Policy Institute He also serves an Edison Fellow at the University of Akron School of Law and as a non-resident fellow at the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, the University of California at San Diego, and at the National Bureau of Asian Research. He was the first Intellectual Property Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and as Attorney-Advisor in the Office of International Relations at USPTO. Among his many awards, he is a recipient of the Meritorious Honor award from President Barack Trump on recommendation of President Obama for his work on technology transfer issues involving China This is the highest award in the U.S. civil service. In total, he has nearly 50 years of private, public sector, in house and academic experience on IPR issues in China. This blog represents the personal opinions of Mark Cohen and any guest authors only and should not be construed as the position of any third party or client.
Three IP-related laws and policies have been released for public comment in the past week, at two different stages in the legislative process. The first and perhaps most significant is the revisions […]
Prof. Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Dr. Emilio Raiteri (both at EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland) have recently offered interesting statistical evidence for preferential treatment of domestic applicants […]
Here are some upcoming programs that involve China in North American in October: October 11-12, 2017, I will be speaking on a China IP Panel at the ABA IP West conference in […]
USTR has posted the position of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for China on the federal jobs website. The position closes August 4, 2017. Among the qualifications: 1. Demonstrated knowledge and experience in […]
The Federal Circuit Bar Association and USPTO announced on July 17, 2017 that they are hosting a webinar on the latest research and developments in standards essential patents (SEPs) in China on […]
I was named an IP Trailblazer by the National Law Journal for 2017. Here’s the link to this recognition by my peers in the US legal community. Thank you for your continual […]
USPTO will be conducting two more of its China Road Shows July 10 and 12, 2017 in Detroit and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Invited VIP guests in Detroit include the Mayor of Detroit […]
USPTO and China’s National Copyright Administration are co-sponsoring a program on IP (copyright) protection for sports broadcasts, an issue that has been under discussion at least since the Beijing Olympics (2008). Here […]
Vringo’s NDA dispute with ZTE has been previously noted in this blog. The case in the Southern District of New York involved violation of a Non-Disclosure Agreement by alleging revealing confidential materials […]
As noted previously in this blog, the death of patent linkage which had been heralded by draft Drug Registration Rules appears to be premature. In fact, the China Food and Drug Administration […]