New Features of Intellectual Property Cases in China
---How are IP practices in China influenced under increased patents and lawsuits?---- 1. More and more patents and utility models are issued for the last several years. The Annual Number of Invention Patent and Utility Model Grant 2. The number of intellectual property lawsuits is drasticaly increased. The year 2018 witnessed considerable increase in numbers of intellectual property cases in China Year-on-year Increase of Administrative IP Cases of First Instance in China 3. Concrete cases will be explained in China. For example, more NPEs (non-practicing entities) choose China as battlefield. Dual Sim Technologies, LLC. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Global Innovation Aggregators v. Sony (China) Co., Ltd. Global Innovation Aggregators v. Extreme Networks, Inc. 4. Prosecution before State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China will be explained as compared to that of the USPTO or the JPO. Features of amended patent examination guidelines of the SIPO Organization and features of examination departments of the SIPO Invalidation trial How to use the SIPO web site 5. Key Points of newly modified Trademark Law (in force on Novemver 1, 2019) and Unfair Competition Law will be explained. For example, the following may be included. Bad faith application without intention to use the mark shall be rejected. Transfer of burden of proof from the right holder of the trade secret to the infringer. The seminar will be made in English and Japanese and Mr. Aikawa will be a moderator and translator. Lecturer: Mr. Wei Dong, Esq. Lecturer: Minghui Zhang, Esq. Firm: P.C.& Associates Sponsor: Orion International Patent Office Date: From 1:00pm to 3:00pm on June 20, 2019 (Thursday) Venue: KANSAI BRANCH OF JAPAN PATENT ATTTORNEYS ASSOCIATION 2nd Conference Cost: None Please contact Mr. Aikawa for reservation. Updated: June 11, 2019 |
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