The 27th Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade concluded in Washington, DC on Wednesday, November 23, 2016, in time for the Thanksgiving holidays in the United States. Here is a link to […]
27th JCCT Concludes in DC: Many IPR-Related Outcomes
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.
Qualcomm’s ITC Action Against Meizu Instituted
According to a USITC press release, Qualcomm’s Section 337 case against Meizu was initiated on November 15, 2016 (337-TA-1029). The products covered by this investigation are electronic mobile devices that include […]
Upcoming George Mason Program on International Patent Law (including China)
The Journal of International Commercial Law at George Mason’s Antonin Scalia School of Law in Arlington, Virginia is hosting an all-day symposium on international developments in patent law on November 29, 2016. […]
Guangzhou IP Attaché Position Opens
USPTO has announced a vacancy for the Guangzhou IP attaché position. The vacancy announcement is here. Requirements include knowledge of intellectual property, a law degree, US bar admission and US citizenship. The […]
More on Donald Trump on IP and China…
Our “sister” blogger, Susan Finder, has dug up one of Donald Trump’s trademark litigation under his eponymous mark, and reported it on her Supreme People’s Court Monitor website, suggested that “he is […]
The President-Elect, IP and China
Peter Harter and Gene Quinn wrote an excellent blog recently (November 9, 2016) entitled “Trump on IP and Patent Reform: What Silicon Valley Doesn’t Understand.” The authors dispute the contention of some in […]
SEP Litigation and Licensing in China: Are There New Voices in the Room?
A string of recent events suggest that there is increasing confidence by the foreign community in China’s antitrust and licensing regime and that some of the aggressive posturing in the past by […]
Another Trade Fair Row in Vegas
Another trade fair matter involving Chinese exhibitors occurred this past week (ending Nov. 5, 2016) involving the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Marketing Association) trade fair in Las Vegas. As with the Future Motion […]
US-China Entertainment Law Conference Highlights Business and Legal Developments
(From a presentation by Lisa Wang, General Counsel, Huayi Brothers Media Corporation) The following is a readout of the US-China Entertainment Law Conference held at Loyola Law School of Los Angeles on […]
Future Motion vs Changzhou First Int’l Trade Co: Defendant Fails In its Effort to Recover Security and Attorneys Fees at CES
Back in January 2016, a Chinese exhibitor at the Consumer Electronics Show (Changzhou Int’l Trade Co.) was reportedly raided for patent infringement by US marshals, after a US court in Nevada issued a […]
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