2015 February 12 NJIPLA & NYIPLA Joint Program: Intellectual Property Protection in China from A-Z

Intellectual Property Protection
in China from A-Z
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Woodbridge Hotel at Metropark, Iselin, NJ

AGENDA 
EARN 6.5 PROFESSIONAL CLE CREDITS
FOR BOTH NEWLY ADMITTED & EXPERIENCED ATTORNEY

8:40-9:00 AM       Morning CLE Registration (excludes lunch)
     Full Day CLE Registration (includes lunch)

9:00-9:10 AM                     Welcome Remarks
      NJIPLA President-Elect Jon Chiodo, Senior Patent Counsel, Johnson & Johnson
      NYIPLA President-Elect Dorothy Auth, Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft

9:10-10:40 AM       Overview of Intellectual Property in China
        Moderator, Mark Cohen, Senior Counsel, United States Patent and Trademark Office
      Patent Prosecution in China - Heather Lin, Senior Partner, NTD Patent & Trademark Agency Ltd.
     Trademark Prosecution & Opposition in China - Duncan Willson, Attorney Advisor, 
                                              United States Patent and Trademark Office
      Managing an IP Portfolio from a Chinese Corporate Perspective - 
                                              Alan Zhiyong Fan, Deputy Director of Intellectual Property Rights Department, Huawei Technologies
                                              An American IP Attorney in China - Ben Wang, Head of Patents, Unilever China                

10:40-10:55 AM       Refreshment Break

10:55-12:25 AM                 Enforcement Challenges  and Successes in China
      Moderator, Lisa Wang, Founder, Wang Intellectual Property Law
      Joint Initiatives on IP Enforcement in China - Matthew Bassiur, Vice President, Pfizer Global Security
      Negotiation Strategies with Chinese Companies - Alex Yip, Senior IP Corporate Counsel, Alcatel-Lucent
      Patent Enforcement from a U.S. Corporate Perspective - Dean Garner, Assistant General Counsel - 
      Patents, Johnson & Johnson
              Emerging IP Litigation Trends in China - Tim Smith, Executive, Rouse

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11:45-12:15 PM                 Afternoon CLE Registration Only (includes lunch)

12:25-1:15 PM                   Luncheon

1:15-1:45 PM                      Luncheon Speaker
       The Honorable Randall Rader, Former Chief Judge,
      United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (ret.)

1:45-3:10 PM                      Chinese Infringements at Home – U.S. Border Control
              ​Moderator, Alexander J. Hadjis, Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
           The Honorable F. Scott Kieff, Commissioner, ITC
         Mark Abate, Partner, Goodwin Procter
       Dax Terrill, Attorney Advisor, IP Rights Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

3:10-3:25 PM                      Refreshment Break

3:25-4:45 PM                      China: Competitor or Partner? – Strategies for the Years Ahead
       Moderator, Peter Thurlow, Partner, Jones Day
       Mark Cohen, Senior Counsel, United States Patent and Trademark Office
       Dick Thurston, Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, TSMC (ret.)
      David Kappos, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore

4:45-5:00 PM                      Closing Remarks
       NJIPLA President-Elect Jon Chiodo, Senior Patent Counsel, Johnson & Johnson
       NYIPLA President-Elect Dorothy Auth, Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft

5:00-6:30 PM                      Networking Reception sponsored by NTD Patent & Trademark Agency Ltd.

Blog Links:

• http://chinaipr.com/2014/12/10/chinas-patent-domination/
• http://chinaipr.com/2014/12/30/action-plan-for-further-implementation-of-the-national-ip-strategy-2014-2020-approved/
• http://chinaipr.com/2014/12/07/chinas-explosion-in-administrative-ip-appeals-and-its-impact-on-the-new-beijing-specialized-ip-court/
• http://chinaipr.com/2014/11/30/developments-in-foreign-related-cases-ip-and-otherwise/
• http://chinaipr.com/2014/12/20/standards-and-ip-december-updates/
• http://chinaipr.com/2012/06/02/china-as-an-ip-stakeholder/

Reference Materials: PDF (155 pages)