He conquers, who endures. – Persius Does the growth of China’s patent office mean that China is “out-innovating” the West, as some commentators would suggest? Patent applications, patent grants, and analyses of […]
China’s Patent Maintenance Crisis
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.
Survey on Choice of Governing Law in China-Related Contracts
This is from Susan Finder via the Chinalaw listserve: Practical Law China has prepared a brief survey on choice of governing law in China-related contracts. Practical Law China would be very grateful if you […]
The Back Story on the Third Plenum IPR Language
Former SIPO Commissioner Tian Lipu recently revealed the “legislative history” of the language in the Third Plenum regarding IP, as reflected by former Chief Judge Jiang Zhipei in his chinaiprlaw.cn blog (http://www.chinaiprlaw.cn/file/2014020731400.html). […]
Legal “Choreography” and the Revised Draft TRAB Rules
Just as the due date for comments on the revised Trademark Law Implementing Regulations expired on February 10, 2014, the State Council Legislative Affairs Office (SCLAO) simultaneously released proposed new Rules of […]
Happy Year of the Horse!
USPTO has the highest Asian-American Pacific Islander workforce (26.2%) of any American government agency, so it wasn’t surprising that the PTO hosted a lion dance for Chinese New Year on Thursday, with […]
IP Developments in Beijing
The newsletter of the Beijing Intellectual Property Institute (www.bipi.org) reports the following related developments in Beijing in its January 2014 edition: First, due to the rapid increase in IP cases in the […]
USPTO China Position Open for Applications
The US Patent and Trademark Office has posted an Attorney Adviser position on Chinese IP matters. The position is open for applicants now and closes January 30, 2014. The position is open […]
Trademark Law Implementing Regulations Open for Public Comment by SCLAO
Since the Trademark Law was passed last year, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce had solicited comments from trademark agents, experts and other third parties in August and September 2013, and […]
Top 10 Internet “Sword” Piracy Cases For 2013
On December 30, the National Copyright Administration of PRC (NCAC), together with the National Internet Information Office, the National Internet Information Office , the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), and the […]
Bilingual Position on China Trade Compliance at Department of Commerce Opens
The US Department of Commerce has posted a trade compliance position on USAjobs.gov: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/358610800. The position involves serving as a Trade Enforcement Analyst-Mandarin Chinese Speaking for the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center (ITEC). The […]
