On May 28, the 2012 China-US Intellectual Property Adjudication Conference was held at Renmin University of China. Chen Jiping, Party Secretary and E*ecut*ve Vice President of the China Law Society, Shen Deyong, E*ecut*ve Vice President of the Supreme People’s Court, Chongquan, Deputy Minister of Commerce and Deputy Representative of International Trade Negotiations, Tian Lipu, Director of the State Intellectual Property Office, Chen Yulu, President of the Renmin University of China, Gary Locke, U.S. Ambassador to China, Randall Rader, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, David Kappos, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Steven Lambert, President of the Bar Association for the Federal Circuit, and Mark Cohen, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches.The opening ceremony was hosted by Liu yang, who is the Deputy Secretary of the Party Group of China Law Society and E*ecut*ve Vice President.
In his speech, Chen Jiping pointed out that intellectual property (“IP”) had always been an important issue in China-US economic and trade relations. In the fourth round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue held in Beijing earlier this month, the issue of IP protection was also one of the priorities of the dialogue between China and the United States. With the further development of globalization, economies in most countries and regions are more and more interdependent and highly integrated. IP problem is no longer confined to a certain country or region, but has become a worldwide problem with strong international influence. The rise and development of digital technology and the Internet has brought enormous impact and challenges to the protection of IP rights in countries around the world, including developed and developing countries. In this fundamental and far-reaching era of technological innovation, the United States, the world’s largest developed country, and China, the largest developing country, have broad and profound common interests in encouraging innovation and protecting IP rights. Strengthening the communication and cooperation of IP lawyers between China and the United States, promoting the understanding of IP issues between the two countries, and jointly exploring ways to resolve the differences in IP laws are of great practical significance for promoting the healthy and smooth development of economic and technological cooperation between China and the United States, as well as for promoting the construction of a new type of relations between the two great powers featuring mutual respect, harmonious coexistence and win-win cooperation. Chen Jiping said, “Here, I sincerely hope that the legal acadmia of IP from the two countries will further exchange candidly, communicate deeply, increase trust and clarify doubts, promote cooperation, guide the IP cause to serve the good overall situation of China-US cooperation and development, benefit the people of the two countries, and benefit our common earth home.”
Chen Jiping also pointed out that over the past 30 years of Reform and Opening up, China’s IP legal system has been improving through lasting efforts. China has established a system of IP laws and regulations that conforms to international laws and adapts to China’s national conditions. IP protection has been gradually strengthened. IP awareness projects and education have been carried out in depth. The capacility to create and use IP has been significantly improved. China’s IP industry has achieved a comprehensive development.
Chen Jiping said that the China Law Society, as a people’s organization, a social organization and an academic organization for legal scholars and lawyers, is a bridge and link between legal scholars and legal professionals. It has been committed to conducting research and academic exchanges in law and promoting the development of legal theories and the disciplinary system, the innovation of academic theories and research methods, so as to provide theoretical supports for the construction of China’s democratic and legal system. At the same time, China Law Society attaches great importance to and supports international communication and cooperation in law, and attaches great importance to the study of IP law issues. The China-US IP Adjudication Conference is a good beginning for the study of IP relations between China and the United States. It opens a new chapter in the theoretical research and academic exchanges between the two countries, and is a prelude to the non-governmental dialogues between China and the U.S. It has become an important milestone in the communication and cooperation between the Chinese and American lawyers. Lawyers from both sides should make full use of this platform, strive to gather consensus, try their best to solve difficult problems, gradually explore the IP protection model suitable for the development of both sides, form a robust and effective long-term cooperation mechanism, and inject new vitality and devote new wisdom into the smooth development of China-US new-type power relations. Our legal professionals should make due contributions to the development of China-US relations and to the building of a harmonious world of lasting peace and common prosperity.
Before the opening ceremony, leaderships such as Chen Jiping and Liu Yang also had a short meeting with a number of delegates from the United States. Also attending the Conference were Yan Xiaohong, the Deputy Director of the General Administration of Press and Publication and the Deputy Director of the National Copyright Administration, and over 1,000 experts and scholars engaging in IP legal research and adjudication in China and the U.S., including more than 160 formal participants and over 900 informal attendees.
It is reported that the Conference will last for three days and will discuss 19 topics, including “IP Trial,” “Case Management in Patent Litigation,” “Enforcement of Patent Judgment,” “New Progress in the Protection of Well-known Trademarks” and “Copyright Protection for Software.” Judges both from Beijing courts and the Federal Circuit (U.S.) will also hold two “moot court trials” successively.
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