On September 12 the State Council Standing Committee, chaired by Wen Jiabao, passed a new “Opinion on Concerning How to Improve The Work of Coordinating Administrative and Criminal Enforcement in Striking At […]
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.
SENIOR ATTORNEY U.S. DOJ ANTITRUST DIVISION FOREIGN COMMERCE SECTION
About the Office: The U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, is seeking a highly qualified attorney to serve as a senior Attorney in its Foreign Commerce Section. This attorney would be responsible […]
Building the Ladder: China’s Patent System Over the Past 30 Years
Prof. Peter Yu has written a useful summary of China’s patent developments over the past 30 years and before called “Building the Ladder: Three Decades of Development of the Chinese Patent System,” which […]
China’s Overlooked National Reading Survey Report
One of the useful, but neglected, empirical sources on copyright issues in China is China’s National Reading Survey Report. The most recent volume that I have is from 2009. It was published […]
Update on National Academies and Standardization
I went to the National Academies program on October 3 on Standardization and Intellectual Property, and served as a commenter on the presentations on standardization in the developing world – a link […]
Job Announcement: Chief of Party, JURIS project
China The Asia Foundation, an international non-governmental organization committed to the development of a peaceful, prosperous, and open Asia-Pacific region, is seeking a Chief of Party for its Justice Under Rule of […]
P&G Posts IP Position in Beijing
Procter & Gamble is hiring for Counsel or Patent Advisor in Intellectual Property in Legal in Beijing as part of their Asia Innovation Group. The position requires a patent background. Here’s the link: […]
National Academies and Standardization in China
On October 3 the National Academies are hosting a program on “Management of Intellectual Property in Standards Setting Processes”. The China paper by Dan Breznitz and Michael Murphree, entitled “Shaking Grounds? Technology […]
Ministry of Commerce Engages in China IPR-Related Outreach in the US in September
Attached is a schedule of programs this week on China IPR related matters as part of a Ministry of Commerce delegation to the U.S. This is a comprehensive interagency delegation, and the […]
USPTO and SAIC Engagement on IP Issues
From Director’s Forum: David Kappos’ Public Blog: On Sept 10, 2012 the USPTO was privileged to host Minister Zhou Bohua and his senior delegation from the State Administrative for Industry and Commerce […]
China IPR - Intellectual Property Developments in China 