It is IPR Week in China, and once again there will be a flurry of reports that were presumably embargoed by Chinese agencies for the festivities of the week. It’s a bit […]
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.
OEM Manufacture and Trademark Use in China
OEM manufacture “use” of trademarks continues to be a hot issue following the Apple dispute last year, as seen in several recent cases. George Chan, August Zhang, Chris Bailey at Rouse recently […]
AMERICAN CHAMBER’S BUSINESS CLIMATE SURVEY 2013
The American Chamber of Commerce in China (AMCHAM) released its 2013 China Business Climate Survey Report. The report is a compilation of survey feedback received from 325 respondents in varying sectors: 31% […]
Policy Trade Analyst at the China Affairs Office of the USTR
From the USAJOBS site: “The incumbent serves as a Policy Analyst (Trade) in the Office of China Affairs, at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The incumbent formulates and develops U.S. […]
CECC Professional Staff – Commercial Rule of Law
The Commission is seeking a professional staff member to assist in monitoring and reporting on substantive issues pertaining to the commercial rule of law portfolio. The professional staff member will assist in assessing China’s […]
Collecting Evidence from China in US-Based IP Litigation
One of my students, Minying Yu, just had her note “Benefit of the Doubt: Obstacles to Discovery in Claims Against Chinese Counterfeiters.” published in this month’s Fordham Law Review. The note addresses […]
Litigation Meets Innovation: A Glimpse at China’s Continuing Litigation Explosions
In recent lectures I have been fond of asking: if China were to have as meteoric a pace of growth in intellectual property acquisition and enforcement as it has had in gross […]
Hinrich Foundation Trade Scholarship Program
The Hinrich Foundation is offering the Hinrich Foundation Trade Scholarship Program in Israel for an individual from mainland China who is passionate about trade and excited by the opportunity to study in […]
IP Suits Continue to Pursue Apple
by Jae Zhou with the assistance of Mark Cohen Before their iPad trademark dispute was even settled in July of last year, Apple was confronted with another IP related dispute in China. On […]
National IP Strategy Plan for 2013
SIPO has released an English abridged version of the National IP Strategy Plans for 2013. The Chinese plan was released March 21. Here are some highlights:
