(from the OECD report, discussed below) While President Trump has extended the truce on the trade war, academic and business debate around the nature of “forced technology transfer” (FTT) practices in China […]
“The real question is so we do a memorandum of understanding, …. How long will that take to put into a final binding contract” (President Trump) “From now on … we are […]
In August 2017, President Trump issued an executive order setting in motion an investigation of China’s trade policies including IP, technology transfer, and investment policies. The “Section 301” report on this investigation […]
On June 8, 2018, I testified before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission on “U.S. Tools to Address Chinese Market Distortions.” This was my second time testifying in the past three […]
Fresh on the heels of the Section 301 announcement, USTR on March 23, 2018 made a consultation request of China regarding China’s discriminatory licensing practices. This is the first step in initiation […]
Mark Allen Cohen (柯恒} is a Distinguished Senior Fellow, Director and Lecturer of the Asia IP Project at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley. In total, he has nearly 40 years of private sector, public sector, etc., in-house and academic experience on IPR issues in China, including numerous publications and awards. This is his private blog.
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