"Intellectual Property and Innovation Environment"
Date: December 3rd, 2013
Venue: Renaissance Shanghai Caohejing Hotel
397 Tianlin Road, Caohejing Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai China
Organization:
Sponsors: State Intellectual Property Office of P. R. China (SIPO)
Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, P. R. China
Organizer: Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration (SIPA)
Theme: Intellectual Property and Innovation Environment
Detailed program will be provided soon after.
Objective:
The theme of The 10th Shanghai International Intellectual Property Forum is “Intellectual Property and Innovation Environment”. Intellectual property is the effective drive for technological progress and economic development. And innovation is the basic source and value goal for intellectual property. On the other hand, intellectual property is one of the pillars to innovation ecosystem. By studying best practices both home and abroad, it will help provide more references and solutions to the sustainable development of innovation environment. This Forum intends to connect government officials, judges & legal experts, IP researchers & service providers with IP owners & practitioners, to explore the roles of IP policy, IP protection, IP service and IP talents in the optimization of innovation environment.
Background:
Shanghai International Intellectual Property Forum is an annual grand event and was first held in the year 2003. It is the IP forum of national level in China and provides an interactive platform for international exchanges in the area of IP policy and practice for government agencies, research institutions, legal bodies and industries.
Here are the themes of the Forums during the past years:
The year of 2003 - “Intellectual Property & Enterprises’ Competitiveness”
The year of 2004 - “Intellectual Property & City’s Competitiveness”
The year of 2005 - “Intellectual Property Protection & Creative Industries Development”
The year of 2006 - “Intellectual Property & Self-Innovation”
The year of 2007 - “Impact of WTO TRIPS Agreement on the Economic Development of Asian Countries”
The year of 2008 - “Intellectual Property Services and Transactions”
The year of 2010 - “Intellectual Property and Innovative Cities”
The year of 2011 - “The Optimized Growth of IP Marketplace”
The year of 2012 - “Intellectual Property and Soft Power of Cities”
Speakers:
Leaders of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government
Mr. TIAN Lipu, Commissioner of State Intellectual Property Office of P. R. China
Ms. WANG Binying, Deputy Director General of World Intellectual Property Organization
Mr. John Alty, Chief Executive and Comptroller-General of UK Intellectual Property Office
Representative from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Name TBD)
Dr. Jin-Gyun SHIN, Director General of Patent Examination Bureau II, Korean Intellectual Property Office
Prof. Dr. Peter Meier-Beck, Presiding Judge of German Federal Court of Justice
Mr NG Kok Wan, Group Director of Patent Search and Examination Unit, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
Prof. Joseph Straus, Former Chairman of Managing Board of the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center, Director Emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for IP and Competition Law, Munich
Mr. Antoine DINTRICH, General Manager of European Institute for Enterprise and Intellectual Property
Mr. Gerard J. Pannekoek, President & CEO of IPXI Holdings, LLC., US
Mr. SHEN Jianfeng, Director of Intellectual Property Department, ZTE Corporation
Prof. Ming-Cheng TSAI, Director of Taiwan Intellectual Property Training Academy, Professor of College of Law, National Taiwan University
Mr. Yoshiyuki KUSAKA, Dean and Executive Manager for Human Resources Development,
National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training, Japan
Mr. Hyung Sik NOH, Deputy Director of Division of International Education, International Intellectual Property Training Institute, Korea
Other speakers could be found in the detailed program.
Participation:
The 10th Shanghai International Intellectual Property Forum provides communication opportunities for experts & professionals from IP organizations, academic & research institutions, hi-tech companies & industrial parks, IP service providers and officials from IPR related government authorities both home and abroad. The participation is free of charge to the delegates confirmed by the Forum organizer.
Contacts:
Division of International Communication & Cooperation,
Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration (SIPA)
Address: Room 302, Building I, No. 300 Shibocun Road, Shanghai 200125 China
Tel: +86 21 23110873
Fax: +86 21 54046692
E-mail: shanghai_ip_forum@aliyun.com
