On January 12th, the 9th China IP International Annual Forum and 2019 Annual Conference of In-House IP Managers in China hosted by China IP was held successfully in Beijing.

 

The forum has been held successfully for eight times. And this time, the forum focused on “New Era, New Frame, New Balance”, discussing the new development of IP and Innovation of China’s enterprises in the new changing period. Based on its own foothold in the IP frontier and fully grasping the development trends of the IP industry, the forum attracted representatives of government, experts, scholars, IP agencies representatives and hundreds of companies' IP managers from China, United States, France, United Kingdom and Japan and other countries and regions for over 800 people.

 

Liu Chuntian, Chairman of the China Intellectual Property Law Association; Lin Guanghai, Presiding Judge of the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China; Lei Xiaoyun, Director of Patent Management Division of CNIPA (China National Intellectual Property Administration) attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. The opening ceremony was held by Tommy Zhang, President and Editor-in- chief of China IP.

 

At the Forum of China IP Management Trend, experts and scholars from the academic and practical circles took stock hotspots, trends and standards related with 2018 China's IP administration, legislation, justice and predicted the new trends of China's IP development in 2019. They jointly explored the new international and domestic path driven by intellectual property right and innovation.

 

Yang Boyong, Chief Judge of Civil Adjudication Tribunal No.3 Beijing Higher People's Court introduced the outstanding characteristics of the IPR trial work of the Beijing court in 2018 and related measures to further strengthen the protection of IPR. Huang Yong, Member of the Expert Advisory Group of the Anti-monopoly Committee of the State Council and Chairman of the Competition Law Center of the University of International Business and Economics gave a speech on the theoretical and practical issues of IP and anti-monopoly. Hu Huiji, Director of Legal Affairs of iQIYI Inc., shared the information on IP protection issues arising from the current Internet technology innovation and the rethought of its corresponding solution.

 

Li Yanhua, Director of Patent, Intellectual Property and Licensing Department of Eri csson (China) Communications Co., LTD; Jiang Danming, Executive Vice President of Chofn Intellectual Property and Dean of Chofn Intellectual Property Institute; Ma Yufeng, Chief Representative/ Partner of Orrick , Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (Shanghai); Song Jianfu, General Manager of CPA Global (China) made the speech separately focused on“Continuous Innovation – Opportunities and Challenges”“IP Law Should not be Included in the Civil Code”“The Latest Developments and Countermeasures of Patent Litigation under the China-US Trade War”and “CPA Global Helps You Make Business Decisions”.

 

On the evening of January 12th, the 2019 Awarding Ceremony & Gala Dinner announced several awards including “2018 Outstanding Inhouse IP Managers in China”“2018 Outstanding IP Service Teams in China”“2019 Most Recommended International IP Agencies”“2018 Outstanding IP Management Teams in China”and“2018 China IP Most Influential People”.

 

Meanwhile, at this meeting, the“Sunshine IPers”Charity Fund initiated by China IP and Legal Development Foundation announced officially to the public. This fund project was established on December 12th, 2018 under the Beijing Sunshine Intellectual Property and Legal Development Foundation to help employees in the IP industry who have serious disease in China.

 

 

 

Liu Chuntian, Chairman of the China Intellectual Property Law Association

 

Lin Guanghai, Presiding Judge of the Supreme People′s Court of the People′s Republic of China

 

Lei Xiaoyun, Director of Patent Management Division of CNIPA (China National Intellectual Property Administration)

 

Tommy Zhang, President and Editor-in-chief of China IP Magazine