The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy recently released a blog on the results of the bilateral Innovation Dialogue with China with the Ministry of Science and Technology and other […]
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 Hosts Annual IP Program Sept 12 in Washington, DC
MofCOM is hosting its annual IP exchange in the United States this September 12 at the Holiday Inn on 2101 Wisconsin Avenue in Washington, DC. There is no charge for attending, but […]
Zhang Xinzhu Dismissed from AMC Expert Committee
Xinhua reported on August 12 2014 that the State Council Antimonopoly Commission today fired Chinese Academy of Social Sciences researcher Zhang Xinzhu 张昕竹as a member of its expert advisory panel. The official […]
Peter Humphrey and the Uncertain Status of the Private Investigator
Private investigation firms are important for many aspects of commercial life in China, particularly given the weaknesses in China’s evidence gathering system and the high thresholds that exist for criminal investigations. PI […]
China’s Antitrust Enforcement Continues to Grab the Domestic and International Spotlight
With the New York Times reporting on the AML enforcement uptick in China, including SAIC’s investigation of Microsoft, and a concurrent article in Xinhua, China’s antimonopoly regime, including its application to IP […]
Microsoft under Chinese Antitrust Scrutiny?
Yesterday, July 28, the Western press, including the Washington Post and South China Morning Post, as well as Chinese online media reported that the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC), one […]
SPC Publishes Revised Judicial Interpretation on Patent Infringement Litigation for Public Comments
On July 16, the Supreme Peoples Court published a public comment draft of proposed revisions to its “Decision of the SPC Regarding Questions of Application of Law in Adjudication of Patent Cases”, […]
State Council’s New Opinion on Market Order
On July 8 the State Council released a new opinion on “market order” which, like many similar rules in China, is suggestive of possible significant policy changes, while being of uncertain legal […]
Of Counterfeit Pandas and African Lions….
Want a glimpse of a counterfeit panda? Go to: http://www.sznews.com/humor/2012-06/08/content_6820640.htm. Fake pandas are easy enough to counterfeit – if you don’t mind painting up a shizu or other dog and hope that […]
IPR Deliverables at the Strategic & Economic Dialogue
The US and China recently concluded their Sixth Strategic and Economic Dialogue. IP-related outcomes involved such areas as: trade secret protection; cooperation with China’s judiciary; and software procurement. In addition there were […]
