American Conference Institute (ACI) will be
holding its 5th Advanced China IP Counsel Forum on April 15-16, 2013 in Shanghai,
China. ACI faculty will offer
presentations on the following topics:
• IP strategy discussion: Inside the year's
top China IP cases and what they mean for your IP corporate strategy;
• Preparing for the impact of the 4th patent
law amendment: What to expect from SIPO and China court new enforcement
authority and tools;
• Invention remuneration: How companies are
upgrading their remuneration practice and managing related risks and
administrative burden;
• The view from China Supreme Court bench on
current China IPR environment -- keynote address by Li Zhu, Judge, Supreme
People's Court (Beijing);
• How to prevent becoming the victim of bad
faith utility model patents and how utility model patents may help you;
• When a Chinese company brings litigation: Best
practices in the art of IP defense;
• Maximizing the value of your IP: Subsidies,
tax, and fund benefits;
• Developing a proactive China IP strategy: Corporate
perspective on how to restructure your IP portfolio in the current litigation
environment;
• Developing your company's trade secret heat map:
Improving your trade secret protection through lessons of trade secret
litigations cases;
• How to adjust your company strategy under the
5th Anti-trust Law Guideline; and
• How SAC's new rules and procedures under
draft national standards involving patents will affect the treatment of patent
rights in the context of national standards.
Two post-conference working groups will be offered on April 17, 2013. The first working group, entitled "Mitigating the Risks and Challenges of Technology Third Party Arrangements," will be held from 9:00 to 12:30, and the second, entitled "Understanding the Essential IP & Regulatory Framework for Operating Successful and Compliant R&D Centers in China," will be held from 13:30 to 17:00.
An agenda for the conference can be found here, and a complete
brochure for this conference, including an agenda, detailed descriptions of
conference sessions, list of speakers, and registration form can be obtained
here.
The registration fee is US $2,295 (conference alone), US $2,895 (conference and one working group), or $3,495 (conference and both working groups). Those registering by March 15, 2013 will receive a $200 discount. Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here, by e-mailing [email protected], by calling 416-926-8200 (in the U.S.) or 44 20 7878 6888 (in Europe), or by faxing a registration form to 416-927-1563.
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