Seminar - IPR Customs Related Issues

The event will focus on the Chinese laws and practices in the areas of precondition, administrative procedures and requirements to implement a pro-active and effective IPRs protection at Customs level. Especially, the seminar will introduce possible imminent amendments in the law, which are said to possibly enter into force as from June 2011. The speakers will offer a very practical approach to Customs Protection of IPRs, making reference to typical cases or even study cases, with reference to Eu-China and Asia-China bilateral practices.

Mr Giovanni De Sanctis, Head of IPR Beijing Desk of Italian Ministry of Economic Development, will provide an introduction to the topic, greeting the audience with an opening speech. 

Mr Li QunYing, IPR Chief Director of the General Administration of Customs of the P.R.C., will provide a detailed technical insight, analyzing the topic from the official perspective of the Customs authority.

Hylands Law Firm, with the participation of Mr Zhou Jie, attorney at law, expert on Intellectual Property Rights, together with Mr Lian Yunze, attorney-at-law and trademark attorney in the Intellectual Property Group of the Beijing Office, will further develop the topic, thanks to their expertise on the matter, matured during years of constant work together with some of the most renown brands and businesses in China.

A Q&A Session will follow, for the participants to interact with the speakers; if you wish to send us your questions beforehand, for the speakers to better prepare related guidance and suggestions, kindly send us an e-mail before April 13th, to info@cameraitacina.com.

SPEAKERS BIO:

Mr Li QunYing

IPR Chief Director of General Admin of Customs, has been engaged in IPR administrative practices since 1995, when the Chinese and the US governments reached an IP-related agreement and Mr Li participated in the negotiation of the agreement as a member of the PRC delegation. He has also attended numerous training programs sponsored by the WTO and introduced IP border protection measures under the PRC laws to a multitude of foreign officials. As an acknowledgement of his significant influence in the IPR area, in 2005, 2008 and 2010 respectively, the British magazine Managing Intellectual Property (“MIP”) selected Mr. Li as one of the 50 most influential people in the IP world.

Mr Zhou Jie

Upon graduating from Renmin University in 1992, Zhou Jie joined China Building Materials (Group) Corporation handling foreign direct investment and international economic co-operation matters. He joined Jun He Law Offices in 1994 and joined Beijing Haotian Law Firm at the end of 1998. His areas of expertise lie in copyright, trade secrets, trade mark, international and domestic trade disputes, and international investment.

Mr Lian Yunze

From 1985 to 1996, he worked with CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office, specializing in trademark andin 2001 he joined Hao Tian Law Office (now named as Hylands Law Firm) as a partner and co-founder of the IP Group. Since 1985, Mr. Lian has been practicing in the field of intellectual property law for 25 years, specializing in trademark, copyright, unfair competition, domain names and IP litigation. He has extensive experience in trademark prosecution, enforcement and anti-counterfeiting.

Location:

Capital Club,
50/F Capital Mansion, No. 6 Xin Yuan Nan Road,Chaoyang District, Beijing

京城大厦50层,北京朝阳区新源南路6号,京城俱乐部
Tel: +86 10 8486 2225