The Second Round of DHH’s Road-Shows in America: Washington D. C.—3+1 Blueprint on IP Protection for American Enterprises in China
With the progress of Sino-US trade negotiation, Beijing DHH Law Firm upheld the concept of serving clients all around the world and formed a road-show group of senior IP lawyers including Mr. Hao Chen, Ms. Yuexi Yao, Mr. Yimin Liu, Mr. Liang Mei and Mr. Yanhui Yang to deliver lectures on 3+1 Blueprint on IP Protection for American Enterprises in China across the United States. Of the 3+1 Blueprint, “3” means administrative, civil and criminal methods for IP protection, and “1” means the DHH’s service platform covering the whole China.
On the morning of March 15th, 2019, in order to promote better protection for foreign enterprise’s IP rights in China, Beijing DHH Law Firm held a seminar on the theme of “3+1: Intellectual Property Protection for Foreign Enterprises in China” at the POLARIS Conference Hall of Ronald Reagan Building in Washington D.C.. First, Mr. Liang Mei, Head of Beijing DHH Washington D.C. Office, delivered a speech to welcome all the participant representatives from more than 60 law firms, enterprises and research institutions.
The Seminar was presided over by Mr. Aaron Levin, Administrator of Washington D.C. Office, who introduced the keynote speakers—Lawyer Hao Chen (“China Top15 IP Lawyers” by ALB ), Lawyer Yuexi Yao (with extensive experience in cross-border investment and financing, IP, artificial intelligence and data compliance services ), and Lawyer Yimin Liu (Data Craft). The Seminar attracted a number of representatives from American enterprises and law firms, as well as practitioners and experts active in the field of IP protection.
Ms. Yuexi Yao shared the Annual Legal Report on IP Protection of American Enterprises in China (2018) with participants combining foreign investment and intellectual property protection, analyzing Sino-US Trade War issues from the perspective of IP rights. Then she deeply interpreted the Chinese latest IP policies including legislative protection, administrative environment and judicial environment, and the IP issues in China under The Foreign Investment Law, as well as the countermeasures of American enterprises in China's for intellectual property protection under the new situation.
Then, Mr. Hao Chen displayed the rapid development of Beijing DHH Law Firm and its branches around the world. In addition, he introduced the recent situation and warmly invited the American law firms present here to attend the exchange meeting among Chinese and foreign law firms in China. He also shared the main dilemmas encountered by US companies in the process of safeguarding their IP rights in China, such as trademark’s malicious registering, pirated software using, and so on. In allusion to these problems, Mr. Hao Chen shared related legal practical experiences in China, including creating a Blacklist to prevent malicious registration, raising statutory damages for copyright, shifting the burden of proof, improving the quality of patent creation, application, review, utilization and so on.
Subsequently, Mr. Yimin Liu delivered a speech on Criminal Protection of IP in the Era of AI. From the perspective of criminal protection of IP, lawyer Liu demonstrated the process of IP investigating criminal liability and the relationship among criminal, civil and preservation measures in combination with specific cases.
The speeches and sharing given by the three lawyers aroused great interest of the audience. The audience said that the Chinese’s IP rights awareness has been strengthened obviously and they would pay more attention to prevention and control of IP risks in enterprises.
The key-note speaker is interacting with the audience.
This Seminar is the second round of DHH’s Road-Shows in America on the IP protection for American enterprises in China under the background of Sino-US Trade War. Beijing DHH Law Firm will continue to hold seminars in New York, Boston, Chicago and other landmark US cities and exchange views with local experts. Beijing DHH Law Firm sincerely invites all walks of life to participate in our road-shows in America. And the road-shows in Europe, ASEAN and other countries will be conducted in the future, which implements DHH’s working concept—serving global clients.