Upcoming China Webinar

Join Erick Robinson, Jason DeFrancesco, and myself on October 6, 2020 for a webinar on why Chinese intellectual property is important. Erick will focus on litigation in China including why China is now a top venue for enforcing patent rights. I’ll will be discussing the patent and trademark procurement process in China and Jason will moderate.

Topics to be covered include:

• Building a Chinese intellectual property portfolio.
  1. Patent
  2. Trademark
• Minimizing risk
  1. Freedom to operate and clearance searches
  2. Monitoring Competitor’s, Employees’ and Partners’ IP Filings
• Newly Amended TM Law and Draft Patent Law
• China is now a top venue to enforce patent rights:  what happened?
• China is a top innovator – including software
• IP Courts
• Degradation of patent rights in the US
• China is the “Great Equalizer”
  • See, e.g., Apple/Qualcomm settlement
• Why file a patent litigation in China?
  • High win rates
  • Foreign patentee do even better (but don’t sue a Chinese chipmaker)
  • Huge China market for sales and manufacturing
  • Virtually guaranteed injunctions
  • Short time from filing to judgment
  • Low cost
  • Venue is fair
  • Validity challenges are more reasonable than other nations
  • Specialized patent courts (trial and appeal)
  • Administrative options
  • Continued development of common-sense rules
  • SEP cases

Registration is available here.

Thank you to the US-China Intellectual Property Exchange and Development Foundation for hosting us.

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