Recently, the Symposium on Sino-American Intellectual Property Operating Practices was hosted in W&B’s Shanghai office. The lecture was organized by the Intellectual Property Society of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone and the World Chinese Technical Managers Association, and was co-organized by Watson & Band Law Offices and Shanghai Shichai Technology Co., Ltd. Mr. Qing Ye, Deputy Secretary General of the Intellectual Property Society of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone and Founder and General Manager of Shanghai Shichai Technology Co., Ltd., delivered his remarks at the symposium.

The lecture was arranged in two sessions. The first session, entitled “U.S. Standard Intellectual Property Protection, Operation and Enforcement” was presented by Ms. Lei Fang, attorney at law from the U.S. law firm, Jin & Fang. Ms. Fang vividly elaborated on issues such as patent application procedures in the United States, intellectual property operations and due diligence investigations. In particular, Ms. Fang provided a detailed comparison and explanation of a hot contemporary issue – differences between patent applications in China and the United States.

The second session, entitled “Chinese Enterprise Intellectual Property Management and Operations”, was presented by Ms. Jun Yang, Managing Partner of Watson & Band Law Offices. Ms. Yang used several cases to vividly analyze the importance of intellectual property management for enterprises, and she provided advice on how to build a comprehensive multi-layered enterprise intellectual property management system. Ms. Yang also pointed out several common issues encountered by small-and-medium-sized domestic enterprises when building up their intellectual property operation models, and she provided suggestions on enterprise intellectual property management and operations.

By focusing on issues such as the effective utilization of enterprise advanced technology and the appropriate management of enterprise intellectual property rights, the lecture received overwhelming interest by providing representatives from various enterprises and legal professionals with a platform to discuss the practices and skills of standard intellectual property operations and IPR protection in China and the United States.