On August 30, the “2022 China·Shanghai ‘The Belt and Road’ IP Rights Protection Forum”, also the “Founding Ceremony for the Shanghai Overseas IP Rights Disputes Resolution and Guidance Expert Database”, which was jointly guided by the Shanghai Municipal Intellectual Property Administration, the Shanghai Hongqiao international CBD Administrative Committee and the Shanghai Council for Promotion of International Trade, and organized by China (Shanghai) Intellectual Property Protection Center (Shanghai Sub-center of National Overseas IP Rights Dispute Resolution and Guidance Center), and jointly co-organized by Shanghai Minhang District Intellectual Property Association, was grandly hosted at Shanghai Hongqiao Libao Plaza.

At the Forum’s Opening Ceremony, the Expert Directory for Resolution and Guidance on Overseas IP Rights Disputes was officially published. 58 experts from various enterprises, domestic and foreign law firms, universities and scientific research institutes were honorably selected into the first expert directory. Among them are the three partners from Watson & Band: Liming Zhang, Jianguo Huang and Hairong Tao.