This announcement is from the Chinese Business Law Association in New York City (http://cblalaw.org/): Join a very high-level PRC delegation for a roundtable discussion on IP legislative developments: The delegation includes: […]
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.
MofCOM’s September 12 IP Program in DC Covers A Wide Range of IP Developments
Here is a digest of some of the highlights of the half day program hosted by MofCOM on IP in Washington DC on September 12. The Supreme People’s Procuratorate gave a useful […]
FTC Chairwoman Ramirez on China’s Approach to Licensing Standards Essential Patents in China
Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Ramirez recently delivered a speech on “Standards-Essential Patents and Licensing: An Antitrust Enforcement Perspective at Georgetown University’s Global Antitrust Conference” (Sept. 10, 2014). Here’s what she said […]
UK Concludes Week of IP Activities in China
Both the United States and the UK just recently concluded a week of activities on IP issues. Here’s a summary of the UK activities: Baroness Neville-Rolfe, the UK Minister for IP, led […]
Withering Problems in China’s Patent Drive? – The Latest from SIPO
SIPO’s six month report on patent filings, available on line in China shows some surprising data for the first six months of 2014. Regionally, Jiangsu and Beijing are in the number 1 […]
Loyola – Los Angeles Hosts US-China IP Summit November 7
Loyola University Law School is hosting the third annual US-China IP Summit November 7. Here is how Loyola describes the conference: “The 3rd US-China IP Conference will bring together senior policymakers, academics […]
ABA Comments on Patent Judicial Intepretation (2)
The American Bar Association has released its comments on the recently released draft judicial interpretation (JI) on patent litigation, no. 2, available here. Articles 1, 10 and 24 deal with patent law […]
Specialized IP Courts Established in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou; Song Xiaoming New Chief IP Judge
According to Xinhua, on August 31, the NPC passed legislation establishing specialized IP courts (http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2014-08/31/c_1112298943.htm) (“Decision of the NPC Standing Committee on Establishing Specialized IP Courts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou”) As […]
The Real Mischief of Tianjin’s Patenting Police Chief
Many media, including the Wall Street Journal, have reported on Tianjin police chief, Wu Changshun 武長順, who seems to be following in the footsteps of Chengdu police chief Wang Lijun, 王立军 as […]
Further Developments in Specialized IP Courts
According to a recent article by Harry Yang (杨成） at http://npc.people.com.cn/n/2014/0825/c14576-25535722.html, the NPC is discussing establishing specialized IP courts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, based on a draft submitted by the Supreme […]
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