Upcoming China Webinar: Year in Review and What’s in the Pipeline for 2025

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Thursday, March 27, 2025 Time: 12:00 PM CT Cost: Free CLE: We will apply for 1.0 hours of CLE credit for Minnesota, California, Texas, and Washington state for this webinar.   Join us for an insightful webinar on recent developments in Chinese IP law. Principal Aaron Wininger will explore key updates and emerging issues in the first episode of the SLW 2025 Global Series. This comprehensive session will examine the newly effective Patent Implementing Regulations & Examination Guidelines; analyze landmark cases including those …

Upcoming May 2021 Webinar – Western Fashion Brands in China: Recent Cases in Registering and Enforcing IP

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Webinar Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Time: 2:00 PM CT Cost: Free   Western fashion brands have been immensely successful in China. However, with success comes the risk of imitation, and imitation may not always feel flattering: It could involve counterfeiters, squatters and hijackers. In this webinar, we’ll talk about Chinese intellectual property laws relevant to Western fashion brands and Chinese enforcement mechanisms. We’ll also discuss recent cases of Western fashion brands litigating in China to register and enforce their intellectual property rights, …

Upcoming China Webinar

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Join Erick Robinson, Jason DeFrancesco, and myself on October 6, 2020 for a webinar on why Chinese intellectual property is important. Erick will focus on litigation in China including why China is now a top venue for enforcing patent rights. I’ll will be discussing the patent and trademark procurement process in China and Jason will moderate. Topics to be covered include: Building a Chinese intellectual property portfolio. Patent Trademark Minimizing risk Freedom to operate and clearance searches Monitoring Competitor’s, Employees’ …

China: Top International Patent Filer – Reasons and Implications – Webinar Recording Available

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In 2019, China was the top user of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, China’s domestic invention patents filings were more than double the US’ domestic filings, and China’s US patent application filings continue to increase rapidly year-on-year.  Find out why and the potential implications for U.S. companies in this presentation by Aaron Wininger of Schwegman, Annie Wang of Tencent America, and Larry Lian of the USPTO. We’ll also discuss how COVID-19 has affected this trajectory in 2020. The recording is available …