Last week, the Trump administration announced its Trade Policy Agenda, to criticism and support. As the above word cloud suggests, the focus is on US interests, US sovereignty and the US relationship […]
China IP and the New Trade Agenda
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 as well as the 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. He is a recipient of the Meritorious Honor award from President Barack Trump on recommendation of President Obama. This is the highest award in the U.S. civil service. In total, he has over 40 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.
IP Moot Court Competition in Beijing
The School of Law at Beijing Foreign Studies University will host an Intellectual Property Moot Court Competition in May 2017. The competition, which is held in English, has a 10-year legacy and […]
False Friends (形似神异): Comparing US and Chinese Administrative Patent Enforcement
The China Patents and Trademarks journal has now made publicly available the article I wrote late last year with former USPTO Director David Kappos and former Chief Judge Randall Rader (ret.) “Faux […]
USPTO EXTERN POSITION OPEN
USPTO has posted a position for an unpaid extern in Chinese intellectual property matters commencing June 6, 2017. The position requires the following skills: – Knowledge of Chinese language – Knowledge of Intellectual Property (IP) – Ability […]
Anti-Unfair Competition Law Released for Public Comment
The National People’s Congress released a draft of the Anti-unfair Competition Law for public comment on February 25, 2017. A draft translation is already available on the China Law Translate website, which […]
What Makes China’s IP System Different?
I was recently asked by a professor of US copyright law what distinguishes the Chinese IP system different from the United States. Here are the five key aspects that I quickly came […]
A Taste of China IP In The New Year
There continue to be various thrusts and feints in these early days of the Trump administration on Chinese IP related matters. Here’s a quick rundown. Tim Trainer, a friend and former colleague, […]
China’s Plan for Copyright Creativity
China’s National Copyright Administration released it plans for the 13th Five Year Plan regarding copyright (the “Plan”), attached here (including machine translation). The plan comes on the back of the State Council’s 13th […]
Upcoming Fordham Program on Discovery and Investigations in China
Fordham University, in conjunction with the Chinese Business Lawyers Association, the Asian American Bar Association of New York and Consilio, is hosting a program on discovery and compliance with investigations in China, […]
Sino Legend Saga Ends at US Supreme Court
The future ain’t what it used to be. (Yogi Berra) Earlier this January, 2017, Sino Legend lost its long battle to have an ITC decision excluding its products form the US market […]
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