Event summary

March 23, 2023

8:30 a.m. CT - 4:30 p.m. CT

Training Center

330 Second Avenue South, 1st Floor

Minneapolis, MN 55401

Add to Calendar2023-03-23 09:30:002023-03-23 09:30:00China IP Road Show in Minnesota: Strategies for protecting intellectual property in China Business owners doing business in or with China may find their valuable intellectual property (IP) being infringed there. Even those not operating in China may find counterfeit versions of their products for sale there or in the United States, or their trademarks registered in China without their knowledge. At this free program on March 23 in Minnesota, experts from the U.S. government, IP attorneys, and local businesspeople will share insights on how U.S. rights holders can protect and enforce their IP in China and the United States. Topics will include: What small and medium-sized businesses need to know about protecting all types of IP in China IP developments in China: Challenges and opportunities in a shifting IP environment Enforcing IP rights, in both China and the United States, against infringement originating in China U.S. government resources for U.S. companies IP in China: The Minnesota experience This program is one of a series of China IP Road Shows that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) conducts across the country. It has been organized in cooperation with the U.S. Commercial Service – Minneapolis. For more information about the series, visit the China IP Road Show homepage. This is an in-person only event. Register today Agenda Agenda subject to change. 8:30–9 a.m. Registration 9–9:10 a.m. Welcome remarks Monica McFarlane Scott, Senior International Trade Specialist, Minneapolis Office of the U.S. Commercial Service Michael Mangelson, Principal Counsel and Director for China Intellectual Property (IP), Office of Policy and International Affairs (OPIA), U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 9:10–9:40 a.m. IP developments in China: Challenges and opportunities in a shifting IP environment Michael Mangelson, Principal Counsel and Director for China IP, OPIA, USPTO 9:40–10:55 a.m. Panel 1: Securing IP rights in China Moderator: Aaron R. Wininger, Director of China Intellectual Property Practice, Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner Speakers: Stephen Lee, Chief IP Counsel, Target Corporation Christine Yang, Partner, Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C. Neil Graham, Senior Attorney, Copyright/China Team, OPIA, USPTO 10:55–11:10 a.m. Break 11:10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Panel 2: Enforcing IP rights in China Moderator: Michael Mangelson, Principal Counsel and Director for China IP, OPIA, USPTO Speakers: Hongtao (Hunter) Wang, Partner, Beyond Attorneys at Law Michael Wu, Partner, Chang Tsi & Partners Joe Wheatley, Senior Corporate Counsel, Counterfeit Crimes Unit, Amazon 12:30–1:50 p.m. Lunch Lunch presentation: U.S. government and other resources to help U.S. businesses Neil Graham, Senior Attorney, Copyright/China Team, OPIA, USPTO Monica McFarlane, Senior International Trade Specialist, Minneapolis Office of the U.S. Commercial Service 1:50–3 p.m. Panel 3: Enforcing IP rights in the U.S. against infringement originating from China Moderator: Theresa Stadheim, Attorney, American Intellectual Property Law Association Liaison with Minnesota IP Law Association Speakers: Suzanne Schultz, Attorney, Intellectual Property Enforcement Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Michael Keyes, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Eric Proudfoot, Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigations/National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center 3–3:15 p.m. Break 3:15–4:30 p.m. Panel 4: IP protection and China: The Minnesota experience Moderator: Michael Mangelson, Principal Counsel and Director for China IP, OPIA, USPTO Speakers: Yen Florczak, Senior Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, 3M Stephen Lee, Chief IP Counsel, Target Corp. Aaron Madsen, Managing Director, Nova-Tech Engineering, LLC Brian Jarrells, Senior IP Attorney, Entrust Corporation 4:30 p.m. Closing remarks Michael Mangelson, Principal Counsel and Director for China IP, OPIA, USPTO Monica McFarlane Scott, Senior International Trade Specialist, Minneapolis Office of the U.S. Commercial Service Additional information This program is hosted by the USPTO’s Global Intellectual Property Academy, a unit of the USPTO’s Office of Policy and International Affairs (OPIA). The office advises the administration and other federal government departments and agencies on domestic and international IP legal and policy issues. It also provides technical assistance and training on IP-related matters to U.S. stakeholders and both U.S. and foreign government officials. For more information, visit the registration page or contact Hollis.Robinson@uspto.gov in the USPTO’s Office of Policy and International Affairs. Training Center 330 Second Avenue South, 1st Floor Minneapolis, MN 55401 United States Training Center 330 Second Avenue South, 1st Floor Minneapolis, MN 55401 United States Training CenterAmerica/New_Yorkpublic

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China IP Road Show in Minnesota: Strategies for protecting intellectual property in China

China IP roadshow graphic with skylines of both China and US

Business owners doing business in or with China may find their valuable intellectual property (IP) being infringed there. Even those not operating in China may find counterfeit versions of their products for sale there or in the United States, or their trademarks registered in China without their knowledge. At this free program on March 23 in Minnesota, experts from the U.S. government, IP attorneys, and local businesspeople will share insights on how U.S. rights holders can protect and enforce their IP in China and the United States.

Topics will include:

What small and medium-sized businesses need to know about protecting all types of IP in China
IP developments in China: Challenges and opportunities in a shifting IP environment
Enforcing IP rights, in both China and the United States, against infringement originating in China
U.S. government resources for U.S. companies
IP in China: The Minnesota experience

This program is one of a series of China IP Road Shows that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) conducts across the country. It has been organized in cooperation with the U.S. Commercial Service – Minneapolis. For more information about the series, visit the China IP Road Show homepage.

This is an in-person only event.

Agenda

Agenda subject to change.

8:30–9 a.m. Registration

9–9:10 a.m. Welcome remarks

Monica McFarlane Scott, Senior International Trade Specialist, Minneapolis Office of the U.S. Commercial Service
Michael Mangelson, Principal Counsel and Director for China Intellectual Property (IP), Office of Policy and International Affairs (OPIA), U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

9:10–9:40 a.m. IP developments in China: Challenges and opportunities in a shifting IP environment

Michael Mangelson, Principal Counsel and Director for China IP, OPIA, USPTO

9:40–10:55 a.m. Panel 1: Securing IP rights in China

Moderator:

Aaron R. Wininger, Director of China Intellectual Property Practice, Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner

Speakers:

Stephen Lee, Chief IP Counsel, Target Corporation
Christine Yang, Partner, Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
Neil Graham, Senior Attorney, Copyright/China Team, OPIA, USPTO

10:55–11:10 a.m. Break

11:10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Panel 2: Enforcing IP rights in China

Moderator:

Michael Mangelson, Principal Counsel and Director for China IP, OPIA, USPTO

Speakers:

Hongtao (Hunter) Wang, Partner, Beyond Attorneys at Law
Michael Wu, Partner, Chang Tsi & Partners
Joe Wheatley, Senior Corporate Counsel, Counterfeit Crimes Unit, Amazon

12:30–1:50 p.m. Lunch

Lunch presentation: U.S. government and other resources to help U.S. businesses

Neil Graham, Senior Attorney, Copyright/China Team, OPIA, USPTO
Monica McFarlane, Senior International Trade Specialist, Minneapolis Office of the U.S. Commercial Service

1:50–3 p.m. Panel 3: Enforcing IP rights in the U.S. against infringement originating from China

Moderator:

Theresa Stadheim, Attorney, American Intellectual Property Law Association Liaison with Minnesota IP Law Association

Speakers:

Suzanne Schultz, Attorney, Intellectual Property Enforcement Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Michael Keyes, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
Eric Proudfoot, Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigations/National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center

3–3:15 p.m. Break

3:15–4:30 p.m. Panel 4: IP protection and China: The Minnesota experience

Moderator:

Michael Mangelson, Principal Counsel and Director for China IP, OPIA, USPTO

Speakers:

Yen Florczak, Senior Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, 3M
Stephen Lee, Chief IP Counsel, Target Corp.
Aaron Madsen, Managing Director, Nova-Tech Engineering, LLC
Brian Jarrells, Senior IP Attorney, Entrust Corporation

4:30 p.m. Closing remarks

Michael Mangelson, Principal Counsel and Director for China IP, OPIA, USPTO
Monica McFarlane Scott, Senior International Trade Specialist, Minneapolis Office of the U.S. Commercial Service

Additional information

This program is hosted by the USPTO’s Global Intellectual Property Academy, a unit of the USPTO’s Office of Policy and International Affairs (OPIA). The office advises the administration and other federal government departments and agencies on domestic and international IP legal and policy issues. It also provides technical assistance and training on IP-related matters to U.S. stakeholders and both U.S. and foreign government officials.

For more information, visit the registration page or contact Hollis.Robinson@uspto.gov in the USPTO’s Office of Policy and International Affairs.

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Continuing Legal Education (CLE)

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Minnesota

Continuing legal education (CLE) accreditation may be available to attendees of this program, pending approval by the Minnesota State Bar Association.

This event is part of a series: China IP events