2021-12-10 2022-10-11 , online online, 1.250,- € plus tax Dr. Michael Kock https://www.forum-institut.com/index.php/seminarDetail/36/referenten/22/22_10/22101136-course-patent-trade-secret-protection-strategies-in-china_kock-michael.jpg Online Course: Patent & Trade Secret Protection Strategies in China

Given the significant global importance of China, European IP practitioners need to have a keen sense of strategic and legal opportunities and threats when doing business with China.

The contents of your online course
  • Impact of the 2021 Patent Law Amendment and the Implementation Rules/Guidelines
  • 14th 5-Year Plan (2021-2025), 'Made in China 2025', COVID-19/ post-COVID-19 world: Adapting your Patent Strategies
  • From Infringer to Patent Plaintiff - how China's Patent Litigation Landscape has changed and what you must do to survive the next patent infringement action brought against you in China
  • How has China's Patent Enforcement Landscape changed and how to adapt to those changes?
  • How to set up a Trade Secret Protection System and how to manage TT and R&D Agreements in China
The contents of your online course
Given the continuing global importance of China as trading partner, European patent practitioners need to have a keen sense of strategic and legal opportunities and threats when doing business with China. This seminar will provide useful insight and practical solutions in the context of current developments in the fields of IP protection and enforcement. Participants will learn about both strategic aspects of portfolio development to maintain Freedom-to Operate in China, as well as the enforcement landscape in China, with special focus on civil litigation. Additionally, participants will bring their knowledge of China patent strategy as well as its practical application up to date with practical insights from experts 'at the coalface' who advise European and international companies on their China patent engagement.
Who should attend

You are tasked with protecting intellectual property in China and need to get an update? Then this FORUM!Live online course is intended for you. Knowledge of patent law is required. This course is especially interesting for those working in IP, patent, legal and R&D departments and in private practice as patent attorneys and attorneysat-law.

Course - Patent & Trade Secret Protection Strategies in China

Patent & Trade Secret Protection Strategies in China

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Speakers

Dr. Michael Kock

dr. kock consulting, Basel (Switzerland)

Michael is founder of his own IP and strategy consulting firm. From 2007 to October 2017 Michael was Head IP for Syngenta Crop Protection AG based in Basel, Switzerland. He studied chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology in Hamburg, Germany, and Nanjing, China, and graduated with a Diploma in chemistry and has a Ph.D. in molecular biology. Michael Kock is also a qualified Swiss and European Patent Attorney. Michael advises especially start-up companies on their IP, freedom-to-operate, licensing and value capture strategy.
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Elliot Papageorgiou

Attorney-at-law (NY), Solicitor ( England & Wales), Barrister & Solicitor (Victoria, Australia), Head of IP Strategy - Greater China, Gowling WLG, Shanghai (China)

Elliot has been advising global companies on IP strategies for almost 27 years, the last 17 of these from Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai, where he currently lives and works. He specialises in China patent and trade secret litigation. He represents Europe's leading companies in enforcing their patents and utility models and over the last 7 years or so has developed a reputation for defending them against patent infringement lawsuits brought by Chinese competitors.
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Everything at a glance

Appointment

10. - 11.10.2022

10. - 11.10.2022

Period

Each day from 09:00-12:30, break at ...

Each day from 09:00-12:30, break at 10:30 CET

Each day from 09:00-12:30, break at 10:30 CET
Venue

online

online

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Fee

Event - 1.250,- € plus tax
The fee includes the 'live' participation via internet, high-quality course material for download, a participation certificate as well as technical support including a test meeting.

Event - 1.250,- € plus tax
The fee includes the 'live' participation via internet, high-quality course material for download, a participation certificate as well as technical support including a test meeting.

Book now

Your contact person

Jean-Claude Alexandre Ho, LL.M.
Lawyer, Conference Manager

+49 6221 500-675
jc.alexandreho@forum-institut.de

Details

Given the significant global importance of China, European IP practitioners need to have a keen sense of strategic and legal opportunities and threats when doing business with China.

The contents of your online course
  • Impact of the 2021 Patent Law Amendment and the Implementation Rules/Guidelines
  • 14th 5-Year Plan (2021-2025), 'Made in China 2025', COVID-19/ post-COVID-19 world: Adapting your Patent Strategies
  • From Infringer to Patent Plaintiff - how China's Patent Litigation Landscape has changed and what you must do to survive the next patent infringement action brought against you in China
  • How has China's Patent Enforcement Landscape changed and how to adapt to those changes?
  • How to set up a Trade Secret Protection System and how to manage TT and R&D Agreements in China
The contents of your online course

Given the continuing global importance of China as trading partner, European patent practitioners need to have a keen sense of strategic and legal opportunities and threats when doing business with China. This seminar will provide useful insight and practical solutions in the context of current developments in the fields of IP protection and enforcement. Participants will learn about both strategic aspects of portfolio development to maintain Freedom-to Operate in China, as well as the enforcement landscape in China, with special focus on civil litigation. Additionally, participants will bring their knowledge of China patent strategy as well as its practical application up to date with practical insights from experts 'at the coalface' who advise European and international companies on their China patent engagement.

Who should attend

You are tasked with protecting intellectual property in China and need to get an update? Then this FORUM!Live online course is intended for you. Knowledge of patent law is required. This course is especially interesting for those working in IP, patent, legal and R&D departments and in private practice as patent attorneys and attorneysat-law.

Detailed programme

Each day from 09:00-12:30, break at 10:30 CET

Strategy, prosecution and protection of patents in China
  • 14th 5-Year Plan (2021-2025) and 'Made in China 2025': adapting China
IP and especially patent strategies
  • Chinese patents, designs and esp. utility models - latest developments
  • Trade secrets - latest developments
  • Changes brought by the 4th Patent Law Amendment and the Implementation
Rules/Guidelines
  • How to increase the cost-effectiveness of your China IP strategy

Enforcement and litigation in China
  • Recent trends in administrative enforcement, criminal penalties and esp. civil litigation
  • Trends in patent litigation: what lies between the growth of local patent plaintiffs?
  • How to prepare for patent disputes in China from plaintiff's perspective
  • How to minimize likelihood of being a defendant in patent litigation, and if you
cannot avoid it, how to prepare, from a defendant's perspective?
  • Preparing and adapting patent filing and prosecution strategy
  • Defending against patent/utility model litigation in China
  • Trade secret litigation: how to establish a trade-secret-protection-system to
maximize the chances of successfully protection your trade secrets

Innovation, technology transfer and licensing to China
  • Basic statutory provisions; impacts on the designing of agreements
  • IP use and competition law aspects: the impact of China's anti-monopoly law
onlicensing practice
  • Practical issues - problems - solutions
  • How can foreign firms harness the benefits of innovation while avoiding pitfalls?

Case study: managing R&D activities/co-operations in China
  • Contractual and administrative hurdles
  • Practical problems of the laws of technology transfer
  • Inventions 'Made in China': practical problems and relevant solutions
  • Employee-inventor remuneration system

So, do you have to adapt your China IP Strategies in light of COVID-19, and if so how?

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