2nd Annual Berkeley-Tsinghua Transnational IP Litigation Conference

This conference will examine critical issues in cross-border IP enforcement, with a focus on the United States and China. Topics will include:

Civil, administrative (Section 337) and criminal litigation;
Cases filed in the United States, China or third countries;
Sequencing and synchronizing cases;
The impact of trade sanctions;
The role of antitrust, including claims involving standards essential patents;
Managing regulatory approvals and patent litigation for new pharmaceutical products;
Challenges posed by on-line, long-arm, trade fair and other jurisdictional bases;
China’s new appellate IP courts;
The impact of changes in patentability in the US.
In addition to these topics, issues such as choice of law, collecting evidence, hiring experts, and enforcement of judgments will discussed in the context of cross-border litigation.