Yin Xintian 尹新天 , the former Director General of the Law and Treaty Department of the State Intellectual Property Office, has passed away,
Mark Cohen （柯恒）
Mark Allen Cohen （柯恒} is a Distinguished Senior Fellow and Director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also a Guest Professor at Renmin University, China. He has served as the Senior Counsel, China for the USPTO. Formerly, he was Director of International Intellectual Property Policy at Microsoft Corporation. Prior to that time he was Of Counsel to Jones Day's Beijing office. Before then, he served as Senior 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 nearly 30 private, public sector, in house and academic experience on IPR issues in China. This is his private blog. This blog represents the opinions of the author(s) only, and should not be construed as the position of any employer, client, or other party, including (and especially) the US government.
Upcoming China Pharma IP Program
The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology will be launching a five-part webinar series on “Innovation, Regulation in the Life Sciences” on November 17 from 4:30-6:00 PM. The launch program is devoted to “China’s Emerging Regime for IP In the Life Sciences”.
Further Observations on the Recent Copyright Law Amendments
Prof. Jiarui Liu at the University of San Francisco, has offered the following observations on the recently passed copyright law reforms, which he has authorized me to share with readers: “- This […]
NPC Passes Revised Copyright Law — Concluding a Robust IP Legislative Agenda For the Past Two Years
According to press reports, an amended Copyright Law was passed on Singles Day, November 11, 2020. The prior NPC drafts was discussed here, and the State Council draft was discussed here. An […]
Upcoming Town Hall at Duke University on Bilateral Relations and Innovation
I will be speaking November 10, 2020 at an upcoming National Committee on US-China Relations Town Hall, hosted by Duke University and focusing on science and technology relations. Prof. Denis Simon of […]
Draft Judicial Interpretation on Patent Linkage Released by SPC
The Supreme People’s Court issued the its draft patent linkage Judicial Interpretation, the “Provisions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Civil Cases Involving Drug Marketing Review and Approval of Patent” (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)” The deadline for submission of comments on the JI is Dec. 14. The JI sets up a possible jurisdictional battle between the courts and administrative agencies in adjudicating patent linkage cases.
IPO Comments on the Trade Secret Rules
The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) has submitted bilingual comments to SAMR on the draft Trade Secret Rules 《商业秘密保护规定（征求意见稿) 》. The comments are found here and at the IPO website I blogged […]
The Cart Before the Horse in China’s Patent Linkage Regime
Judicial involvement in this legislation is needed to harmonize the legal complexities of patent linkage which complex issues of patent law, civil law, administrative law, and pharmaceutical regulation.
Upcoming Federalist Society Live Podcast on China IP
I will be talking at a Federalist Society sponsored live podcast this Thursday October 22, 2020 at noon EDT on “The United States-China Relationship and Intellectual Property”. My fellow speakers are two […]
Revised Patent Law Passed by NPC
According to Chinese press reports, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee decided to approve the revised patent law on October 17, 2020. The Legal Daily notes that among the key provisions that […]
