Here is a remarkable exchange of letters, the first from USPTO Director Kappos from September 7, 2012 and the second a reply from SIPO Commissioner Tian Lipu to David Kappos regarding China’s […]
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.
Two New Papers from the University of Indiana
The Research Center for Chinese Politics & Business at the University of Indiana has just published two new papers, available for download free of charge at http://www.indiana.edu/~rccpb/. One is by standards and […]
The Brave New World of Chinese IP Legislation – Trademarks
One thing is for certain about the current crop of revised IP laws in China: they are primarily being drafted to accommodate and anticipate China’s own needs, and not in response to […]
New Draft of Service Inventor Remuneration Regulations Open for Public Comment
On November 12, 2012, SIPO made publicly available a draft of the proposed Service Invention Remuneration Regulations (职务发明条例草案(征求意见稿). Comments are due at SIPO by December 3. An earlier draft reportedly contained numerous problematic […]
Crossing the River by Feeling the IP Stones: How China’s Civil Procedure System Benefits from Reforms Made in IP Civil Litigation
On August 3, 2012, the NPC passed the revised Civil Procedure Law. This is the third time that the CPL has been amended since it was first enacted in 1991. The new […]
Project Leader Innovation and Technology
From the swissnex Linkedin Posting where more information and link to application is available: swissnex China, the Swiss science and technology outpost in China is hiring a project leader for innovation and […]
ABA’s Comments on Fifth Draft of SAIC IPR Guidelines
Attached are the ABA’s comments on the Fifth Draft of SAIC’s Guidelines on IPR and Antimonopoly Law. The guidelines are still largely for internal use, but I am sure the ABA’s thoughtful […]
What the Data Says About Trade Secret Litigation in China
Trade Secret matters have become a hot bilateral topic, involving some high profile companies, like Sinovel, and engagement at the level of the Secretaries of State and Treasury, in their Strategic and […]
What Has Been the Impact of the Trademark Law on Trademark Litigation
Since China’s WTO accession, trademark litigation has boomed along with nearly other IPR-related statistics. From 2002 to 2011, all levels of court accept the trademark civil disputes over 45,706 cases, with an […]
Foreign IP Litigation in China: How Important Is It?
Here’s some humbling data drawn from the Annual Judgment Data of the Supreme People’s Court (2011). These data are a reminder that the IP docket is a small part of the overall […]
