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STRATEGIES FOR IP PROTECTION IN CHINA
What Washington Companies Need to Know Now
DATE: Thursday, November 16, 2017
LOCATION: University of Washington Intellectual House
4249 Whitman Court
Seattle, Washington 98195
CLE Credit: ___ hours
8:00 – 8:30 AM Registration
8:30 – 9:00 AM Welcome Remarks
• Anita K. Krug, Interim Dean, University of Washington School of Law
• Prof. Dongsheng Zang, Director, Asian Law Center & Chinese Legal Studies,
University of Washington School of Law
• Prof. Zahr Said, Lead Faculty Director, CASRIP (Center for Advanced Study and Research on
Innovation Policy), University of Washington School of Law
• Duncan Willson, Attorney-Advisor, Office of Policy & International Affairs, USPTO
9:00 – 9:30 AM Opening Remarks:
Topic: TBD
Speaker: Dr. Richard Ellings
President, National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
9:30 – 10:45 AM Protecting Your IP in China - Principal Laws
• Trademarks – Christopher Shen, NTD Intellectual Property Attorneys
• Copyright – Eric Priest, University of Oregon School of Law
• Trade Secrets – William (Skip) Fisher, DLA Piper (Shanghai, China)
• Patents – Thomas Moga, LeClair Ryan
• Managing an IP Portfolio from a U.S. Corporate Perspective - Batur Oktay, Starbucks
Moderator: Elaine Wu, USPTO
10:45 – 11:00 AM Coffee/Tea Break
CHINA IP ROAD SHOW: CHINA’S NEW ROLE AS A STRONG IP ECONOMY
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11:00 – 11:40 AM Enforcing Your Intellectual Property Rights in China
• Judicial Enforcement System Overview – William (Skip) Fisher, DLA Piper (Shanghai, China)
• Data-driven Strategies for IP Litigation in China – TBD, IPhouse Co., Ltd.
• Antitrust and IP – Alan Cox, NERA Economic Consulting
Moderator: Duncan Willson, USPTO
11:40 – 12:15 PM Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights in the US
• Criminal Enforcement through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Homeland
Security Investigations – Lynn Henry, Special Agent
• Criminal Enforcement through Prosecution – Norman Barbosa, Assistant United States
Attorney, Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) Coordinator
• Section 337 – Jay Reiziss, McDermott, Will and Emery
Moderator: Duncan Willson, USPTO
12:15 – 1:15 PM Luncheon Speaker
Topic: A 'New Era' Dawns in China: Implications for U.S. Companies.
Speaker: Robert A. Kapp, President
Robert A. Kapp & Associates, Inc., Port Townsend, WA
(Former President, US-China Business Council, Washington, D.C.)
1:15 – 2:30 PM China’s IP Environment: Washington State Perspectives
• Technology Licensing and Deals – Fraser Mendel, Mendel Owens
• Topic TBD – Robert McKenna, Partner, Orrick
• Patent Protection in China – Shane Chen, Founder, Inventist
• IP Strategies for Manufacturing in China – Jolene Wall, Associate General Counsel, REI
• Software Industry Concerns – Bart Eppenauer, Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
Moderator: Elaine Wu, USPTO
2:30 – 3:15 PM U.S. China Collaboration: Washington Perspective
• Joint Research & Development, Sheila Remes,
Vice President of Strategy for Boeing Commercial Airplanes
• US Export Assistance Center – Sam Tsoming
• CoMotion (UW’s collaborative innovation hub) - Vikram Jandhyala,
Vice President for Innovation Strategy at the University of Washington, Executive Director
of CoMotion and Co-Executive Director of the Global Innovation Exchange (GIX).
Moderator: Duncan Willson, USPTO
3:15 – 3:30 pm Closing Remarks
Elaine Wu
University of WA
