China IP Road Show: What New York Businesses Need to Know

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s China Intellectual Property (IP) Road Show comes to New York City on September 27, with a free, one-day program that will bring together experts from the U.S. government, IP attorneys, and local business people to share their insights on China and IP issues that will benefit U.S. IP rights holders. The roadshow is one of a series of China IP Roadshows that the USPTO is conducting across the country.

Topics to be covered include:

• Creating and managing IP portfolios in China
• Brand protection and anti-counterfeiting strategies
• Enforcing IP rights in the United States and in China
• IP in China — the New York experience

The program has been organized with the cooperation of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association and Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and will be held in the Cardozo Law School’s Moot Court Room, 55 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003.

For more information: The registration page provides additional information and directions. For non-press inquiries, please contact Kortney Hammonds (Kortney.Hammonds@uspto.gov) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

• Michael Burstein, Vice Dean, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Cardozo) Representative
• Peter Thurlow, New York Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (NYIPLA) Representative
• Conrad Wong, Attorney Advisor, Office of Policy and International Affairs (OPIA), United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

9:15 – 9:30 The View from the Bench

• The Honorable Sidney Stein, Senior United States District Judge, Southern District of New York

9:30 – 10:45 Overview of Intellectual Property Protection in China Panel 1 Materials

Moderator: Neil Graham, Attorney-Advisor, OPIA, USPTO

• How to Protect Your Trademark in China and Avoid Pitfalls: Paul Feng, CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office, New York Office
• Patent Protection in China: Christopher Shaowei, Senior Partner, NTD Intellectual Property Attorneys, Beijing, China
• Three Key Differences in China's Trademark System and How They Impact Your Business, Amy Hsiao, Partner, Swanson & Bratschun, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia
• Copyright Protection in China: Amy Hsiao, Partner, Swanson & Bratschun, LLC
• Trade Secret Protection in China: Ruixue Ran, Partner, Covington & Burling, Beijing, China Office

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee/Tea Break

11:00 – 12:15 Intellectual Property Enforcement in China Panel 2 Materials

Moderator:  Yinfei Wu, Associate, Finnegan, Washington, D.C. 

• Administrative Enforcement of IP:  Hongyan Wang, CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office, Beijing, China Office
• Civil Enforcement: Christopher Shaowei, Senior Partner, NTD Intellectual Property Attorneys, Beijing, China
• Criminal Enforcement of IP:  Ruixue Ran, Partner, Covington & Burling, Beijing, China Office
• E-Commerce Perspective – Notice and Take-Down Procedures:  Dr. Xinghao Wang, Global IP Enforcement, Alibaba, San Francisco, California

12:15 – 12:30 USG Resources for China Intellectual Property Matters Panel 3 Materials

• Conrad Wong, Attorney-Advisor, OPIA, USPTO

Afternoon Session:

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch 

13:30 – 15:00 Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights in the U.S.  Panel 4 Materials

Moderator: Conrad Wong, Attorney-Advisor, OPIA, USPTO

• Criminal Investigation: Michael J. Doyle, Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Newark, New Jersey Field Office
• Jordan D. Brafman, Special Agent, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Homeland Security Investigations (ICE/HSI), New York Field Office
• Criminal Prosecution:  Eun Young Choi, Assistant U.S. Attorney and CHIP (Computer Hacking and IP) Unit Chief, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York 
• Federal Court Civil Intellectual Property Litigation: Anthony F. Lo Cicero, Partner, Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein, LLP, New York, New York
• Section 337 Investigations:  Tom M. Schaumberg, Partner, Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg, LLP, Washington, D.C.

15:00 – 15:15 Coffee Break

15:15 – 16:45 Intellectual Property Protection in China:  The New York Experience Panel 5 Materials

Moderator: Francesca Montalvo Witzburg, Managing Associate, Dentons US LLP  

• Cheryl Wang, Counsel, IP and Brand Enforcement, David Yurman, New York
• Karla Aspiras, IP Copunsel, Tapestry (formerly Coach Inc., and owner of Coach, Stuart Weitzman, and Kate Spade brands)
• Maysa Razavi, External Relations Manager - Anti-Counterfeiting, International Trademark Association (INTA) 

16:45 – 17:00 Closing Remarks

• Felix Wu, Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
• Brian Rothery, NYIPLA SIPO of China-US Bar Liaison 
• Neil Graham, Attorney-Advisor, OPIA, USPTO
• Marylee Jenkins, Partner, Arent Fox LLP
  

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