Free Symposium Webcast: Protecting & Enforcing Your Intellectual Property in China

The Association of Patent Law Firms and DePaul University College of Law, Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology (CIPLIT), invite you to join them for a webcast presentation and discussion led by international experts from China and the US. All that you need to participate is Real Player for Windows, Mac, Linux, or Mobile

Date: October 20, 2005
Time: 8.30 am to 4.30 pm Central
Place: Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology, DePaul University College of Law, Room 8005, 1 East Jackson Blvd., Chicago.

Schedule:

8.30-9.00 am
Background regarding "Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property in China" (Tim Malloy, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.)

9.00-10.00am
"Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property in China from a Chinese Legal Affairs and Prosecution Perspective" - with question period (Mr. He, Director of the Legal Affairs Division of the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office)

10.00-10.15am
Break

10.15-11.15am
"Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property in China from a Chinese Litigation Perspective" (Mrs. Hao, Principle, Dragon International Patent Office; Ms. Xinyan (Paula) Wang - Dragon International Patent Office; Mr. Ying Tuo - Dragon International Patent Office)

11.15-12.15pm
"Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property in China from a U.S. Industry Perspective" (Thomas Kingsbury - Maytag Corporation; Bernard Plantz - Johnson & Johnson Company; Tony Zeuli – Merchant & Gould; Susan Perng Pan - Sughrue Mion, PLLC)

12.15-1.30pm
Lunch

1.30-2.30pm
"U.S. and Chinese Perspectives Regarding Enforcement and Protection of IP in China" (Question/Answer Panel Discussion)

2.30-3.30pm
Question/Answer Panel: Developments in U.S. Patent Law and Litigation Practice Panelists:
The Honorable Mark Bennett, Chief Judge, Northern District Iowa
The Honorable Martin C. Ashman, Magistrate Judge, United States District Court Northern District of Illinois

3.30pm
Closing Remarks (2006 APLF President)