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Chinese IP Law Symposium
The symposium will provide an overview of new developments in Chinese IP law, including IP enforcement issues and protection issues, with an emphasis on IP issues relating to chemistry, pharmacology, and biotechnology. The symposium is aimed at UK patent practitioners and other interested persons. The organizers intend that attendees should leave the symposium with an enhanced understanding of potential problems and opportunities relating to Chinese IP law, particularly in the chemical arts. The keynote speaker will be Sir Hugh Laddie (former Senior Patent Judge). Other speakers will include leading legal and patent practitioners from the PRC.
Date: 19 May 2008 09:00 - 16:30
Event Subject(s):
Education
Venue
UK Intellectual Property Office
Tribunal Rooms
Harmsworth House
13-15 Bouverie Street
London
EC4Y 8DP
United Kingdom
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RSC Organiser Information
Law Group
Contact for Event Information
Name : Mrs Maggi Churchouse
Address:
3 East Barn
Market Weston Road
Thelnetham
Diss
IP22 1JJ
United Kingdom
Tel:
+44 (0)1359 221004
Fax:
+44 (0)1359 221004
Email:
maggi@maggichurchouseevents.co.uk
Additional Information
Speaker Information:
Chaired by Don Lewis, Chemistry Counsel of the Scripps Institute
Keynote speaker
“The history of IP and its enforcement – an uncomfortable truth” Professor Sir Hugh Laddie (University College London and Rouse & Co International).
Professor Laddie is a specialist in intellectual property law. After 25 years at the IP bar, he was appointed as a High Court judge in April 1995, and joined the Chancery Division, being assigned to the Patents Court where he tried mainly IP cases. He resigned from his post as a judge in 2005 and became a consultant to Rouse & Co International, a firm of IP solicitors with branches, inter alia, in China. He is thought to be the first High Court judge to resign voluntarily in 35 years, and the first to subsequently join a firm of solicitors. He was appointed to a Chair in Intellectual Property Law at University College London, with effect from 1st September 2006.
“Enforcement of IP in China” Gordon Gao and Dixon Zhang, Fangda Partners, Beijing and Shenzhen
Fangda Partners specialises in IP dispute resolution, including IP litigation. Gordon Gao prosecuted the first ever trademark infringement case in Shenzhen that lead to the imprisonment of the perpetrator. In 2007, Gordon was ranked as the leading IP lawyer in China by Chambers Global. He has a PhD in chemistry from Stanford University and a JD from Hastings Law School (University of California, San Francisco). Dixon Zhang has extensive experience in IPR-related administrative enforcement, investigation, judicial protection, litigation, and filing and registration in the PCR. Dixon has an LL.B from Fudan University, School of Law. Both Gordon and Dixon had cases that went into the Supreme Court’s top ten cases list, in 2005 and 2006 respectively.
“Patent prosecution strategy in China for inventions in biotechnology” Barbara Fleck, Marks and Clerk
Barbara Fleck is a European Patent Attorney and Chartered Patent Attorney. She works in all areas of biotechnology and life sciences and has particular experience in the field of plant-related inventions, including genetically modified organisms and plant variety rights.
“What can be done at the UK end?” Stuart Jackson, Addleshaw Goddard, and Graham Burnett-Hall, Marks and Clerk Solicitors
Prior to qualifying as a solicitor, Graham Burnett-Hall studied chemistry at Oxford University. He specialises in intellectual property law, with a particular emphasis on patent litigation in areas with a high level of scientific or technical content. He has acted in patent infringement and validity disputes in a wide range of fields, including the chemicals and biotechnology sectors. Graham also advises on the development and commercial exploitation of their intellectual property rights. Stuart Jackson gained a degree in Chemistry from Imperial College, after which he pursued research at Oxford involving enzyme mechanisms. After a few years in the brewing industry, he subsequently spent 15 years as a chemist and project manager in the health care industry, principally in the field of wound healing. He qualified as a solicitor in 1996, and now specialises in intellectual property law, particularly patent law, undertaking both litigation and non-contentious work such as licensing.
Booking form or other file(s):
Harmsworth House - travel directions.doc
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Ticket/Registration Information:
Fees: £150 for RSC members, and £175 for non-members (no VAT)
Registration: Please complete and return registration form above
Payment: by cheque, made payable to " Royal Society of Chemistry Law Subject Group", to be included with your registration form
Receipt: will be issued electronically after payment, on request
Other information:
The objective of the symposium is to provide UK patent practitioners (and other interested persons) with an overview of new developments in Chinese IP law, including IP enforcement issues and protection issues. The symposium will emphasise IP issues relating to chemistry, pharmacology, and biotechnology. Attendees should leave the symposium with an enhanced ability to alert their UK clients to potential problems and opportunities relating to Chinese IP law.
