On July 31, 2015, the China Law Salon entitled Remuneration System Design and Risk Control for ‘Work for Hire’ Inventions was convened at Watson & Band. Mr. Jianguo Huang, W&B partner and director of the Patent Litigation Department, was the keynote speaker. 22 in-house counsels and human resource representatives attended the Salon.

  The event was hosted by Mr. Shenmin Xu, W&B senior partner. Mr. Xu extended his welcome to corporate representatives and briefly introduced the main subject of the July China Law Salon. He emphasized W&B’s professional expertise and extensive experience in the field of “work for hire” inventions.

Host Mr. Shenmin Xu (Right) and Keynote Speaker Jianguo Hang (Left)

  Since Mr. Huang started practicing law in 2001, he has accumulated extensive experience in patent litigation, and has developed some unique insights into service invention remuneration system design and risk control. Starting with a brief introduction to existing service invention remuneration practice, he elaborated and explained the latest trends in legislation to the attendees. In addition, with his practical experience Mr. Huang analyzed potential risks and disputes involved in corporate service invention remuneration management, and offered his advice on the design of a work for hire invention reward management system.

Corporate representatives attending the Salon

  During the Q&A session, corporate representatives actively communicated with Mr. Huang regarding difficulties in service invention remuneration systems that they encountered in the course of corporate management. The event was prolonged by 45 minutes due to the interest of the attendees.

A corporate representative exchanging ideas with Mr. Huang

  Since 2010 Watson & Band has hosted China Law Salons on legal issues of broad concern, and these events have been well-received by corporate attendees. We warmly welcome enterprise representatives from all industries to contact us. For further information, please refer to the regular announcements appearing on our website, Weibo and WeChat.

About Mr. Jianguo Huang, Attorney-at-Law:

Mr. Huang is a partner at Watson and Band Law Offices in Shanghai. He graduated with a LLB degree in international and commercial law at Shanghai University Law School and was qualified as an attorney in 2001.

Mr. Huang is richly experienced in providing civil and commercial litigation services. He is especially skilled in handling litigation cases involving IP rights such as patents, trademarks and copyrights. In his more than a decade's practice as an attorney, Mr. Huang has provided litigation legal services for a number of Fortune 500 companies and many well-known domestic companies. One of the cases he represented was selected as a Landmark Case of the Year by the Supreme People's Court.