A string of articles and deals in the patent licensing sector are highlighting the increasing importance of collaborative licensing practices for foreigners to attract licensees. Is such a collaborative approach to licensing […]
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.
E-Commerce Law Up for Public Comment
The National People’s Congress announced this week that it has released a draft of the E-Commerce Law for public comment. The public comment period began December 27, 2016 with comments due by […]
Book Review on Report on Development of Intellectual Property Development in China (2015)
The Report on Development of Intellectual Property Development in China 2015 中国知识产权发展报告 (IP Teaching and Research Center of Renmin University of China / IP Academy of Renmin University) (Tsinghua University Press, 2016) […]
China IPR Xmas in NYC: Peace, Joy, and Counterfeits
It has been four years since I last posted about China IP developments in New York City, and especially my home town, Flushing, New York. Now let’s turn to Chinatown, Manhattan, one of […]
Happy Holidays
Wishing all my readers, rebloggers, tongxue (classmates), tongshi (colleagues), inventors, creators, entrepreneurs, students, friends and critics, a peaceful and happy holiday season. Video: Carolers at USPTO tree, Dec. 2016
IPHouse And IP Litigation Strategies
(IPHouse data on foreign-related IP cases at the Beijing IP court) A Chinese judge recently told me that amongst the most important developments in the Chinese judiciary in recent years has […]
Notorious Markets, Alibaba and the JSP
At the end of 2016, a trio of reports are being released by the US government all of which reflect upon the IP environment in China The first one to be released […]
USPTO Issues Guidance on Unauthorized Trademark Prosecution Practice (In Chinese)
The USPTO recently took the unusual step of addressing the unauthorized practice of trademark law before it by posting up Chinese language websites detailing the legal requirement to represent a client […]
Jordan/Qiaodan Trademark Case – Translation Now Available Here
The landmark decision of Michael Jordan v. Qiaodan available in translation.
Beijing IP Court Awards 50,000,000 RMB in Patent Damages
Continuing the trends in higher damage awards that rely less on statutory damages and more on actual damages, the Beijing IP Court on December 8 awarded damages of 50,000,000 RMB in favor of […]
