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 […]
Mark A. Cohen （柯恒）
Mark Allen Cohen (柯恒) is currently the Senior Technology Fellow at the Asia Society of Northern California and at the Asia Society Policy Institute He also serves an Edison Fellow at the University of Akron School of Law and as a non-resident fellow at the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, the University of California at San Diego, and at the National Bureau of Asian Research. He was the first Intellectual Property Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and as Attorney-Advisor in the Office of International Relations at USPTO. Among his many awards, he is a recipient of the Meritorious Honor award from President Barack Obama on recommendation of President Obama for his work on technology transfer issues involving China This is the highest award in the U.S. civil service. In total, he has nearly 50 years of private, public sector, in house and academic experience on IPR issues in China. This blog represents the personal opinions of Mark Cohen and any guest authors only and should not be construed as the position of any third party or client. Among his recent awards, he has been given (again) a "Top 300 Global IP Strategist" award (2026) by Intellectual Asset Management magazine: https://www.iam-media.com/rankings/strategy-300.
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 […]
American Bar Association comments on SAIC IPR Abuse Guidelines (8th Draft)
The American Bar Association has just released its comments on the SAIC IPR Abuse Guidelines which are available here.
USPTO China Update Program – July 18, 2014
USPTO’s “All you Ever Wanted to Know About Chinese IP and More” will be held at the PTO’s Global IP Academy *http://www.uspto.gov/ip/training/index.jsp) on the morning of July 18 in Alexandria, VA. Updated […]
Leading Group’s Work Plan for Fighting Infringement in the On-Line Environment
Here’s the full text of the June 18, 2014 work plan of the Leading Group under the State Council for fighting the manufacturing and sale of fake and shoddy goods in the […]
Tudou Encounters a “Hot Potato” In Distributing A “Bite of China”
From April this year, the Supreme Court launched started releasing “model cases” (典型案例) in order to assist the courts and public to better interpret the law. On June 23, 2014 the Supreme […]
