Agenda

Day 1: June 13 — An overview of the Current Environment

Time
(Pacific Time)
Title Instructor(s) Workshop Host
(Invite-only, takes place during last 30 mins of each session)
5:30-5:45 PM Opening Remarks Dean Shen, Tsinghua Law Rob Merges / Mark Cohen, Berkeley Law
5:45-6:30 PM Statistics and Case Review

Statistical trends Clarivate and IP House (2 speakers, 8 minutes each) & Invalidity/PRB proceedings (2 speakers, 12 Mins per speaker)

US side: Joe Palys ( Paul Hastings )

CN side: Examiner of PRB or former examiner of PRB 

Mark Cohen, Berkeley (5 min)
6:407:40 PM Overview of New Trends in Judicial Practices

US Judges:

Former Chief Judge James Ware (ret.) 

USITC Chief Judge Clark Cheney

Chinese Judges:

Kong Xiangju -former judge of SPC 

Chen Jingchuan – former judge of BJ IP Court (10 min per judge)

Berkeley – Judge Fogel (ret.)

Tsinghua – Jiang Ge (Professor of THU) 5 mins per moderator

7:40-8:00 PM Discussion/Q&A We hope to have an in-person opening evening reception before the first session. Goldberg room has been reserved  

 

Day 2: June 15 — E-Commerce & Designs / IP Misuse

Time
(Pacific Time)
Title Instructor(s) Workshop Host
(Invite-only, takes place during last 30 mins of each session)
5:30-6:30 PM E-commerce and Design Protection:

CN side: July Yu and Ping Zhu (Nike) 

Wang Xuming (Alibaba)

10 mins per Nike speaker, 20 mins for Alibaba

Commentators: Siyue Zhang (Lungtin law firm) Tracy Durkin (Stern Kessler)  6 mins per commentator

Prof.  Feng Shujie (Tsinghua Law) 8 mins
6:40-7:30 PM Antitrust & IP Misuse In the US and China:

Dr. Deng Fei (Charles River Associates),

Zhao Ye (Jingtian law firm)

Robert Merges (Berkeley Law) (10 mins per speaker)

Commentators: Zhang Chenying  (Tsinghua) Zhao Ye of Jingtian law firm 6 min per commentator

Dr Hao Yuan (Berkeley Law)

Day 3: June 16 — Licensing

Time
(Pacific Time)
Title Instructor(s) Workshop Host
(Invite-only, takes place during last 30 mins of each session)
5:30-6:40 PM High Tech Patent Licensing: Automobile/SEP licensing, patent pool licensing

Representatives of Marconi and Shen Chong of Xiaomi (20 mins per speaker)

Commentators: Prof Jorge Contreras (invited) and Jiao Shan (Li Fang law firm) 10 mins per commentator

Rob Merges / Mark Cohen, Berkeley Law
6:50-7:55 PM Non-Patent Licensing: Licensing of all types copyright, computer games,  personality rights, merchandising rights and other IP rights

Tencent USA/Tencent China [invited] 

Yan Bo (CCTV)  10 mins per speaker of Tencent 20 mins for Yan Bo

Commentators:  Chi-Fei Wang (Wilson Sonsini), Guobin CUI (Tsinghua)  10 mins per Commentator

Hong Yan (Tsinghua law)
7:55-8:00 PM Closing Comments

 

Prof.  CUI Guobin