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December 15, 2022

9:00 a.m. ET - 4:30 p.m. ET

Greenville Technical College, Barton Campus, Student Success Center

506 Pleasantburg Drive

Greenville, SC 29607

Add to Calendar2022-12-15 09:00:002022-12-15 09:00:00Strategies for IP protection in China: What upstate South Carolina businesses need to know Upstate South Carolina business owners doing business in China may find their valuable intellectual property (IP) is being infringed upon in that country. Even businesses not operating in China may find counterfeit versions of their products for sale in China or the United States. At this free, one-day program, experts from the U.S. government, IP attorneys, and local business people will share insights on how U.S. rights holders can protect their IP in China and the United States. Topics will include: What you need to know about protecting your patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights in China (particularly for small- and medium-sized businesses) Where is China going on IP? Enforcing IP rights in the United States and in China U.S. government resources for U.S. companies IP in China: The Upstate South Carolina experience This program is one of a series of China IP Road Shows that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office conducts across the country. For more information, visit the China IP Road Show homepage. Register today Agenda Agenda - subject to change 8:30 – 9:00 Registration 9:00 – 9:15 Welcome remarks Julie Eddy, Chief of Staff to the President, Greenville Technical College Shannon Christenbury, Director, Greenville U.S. Export Assistance Center Elizabeth Dougherty, Eastern Regional Outreach Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 9:15 – 9:35 Keynote address Dale Davis, Chief IP Counsel and Deputy General Counsel, Cummins Inc. 9:35 – 9:45 Where is China going on intellectual property? Conrad Wong, Attorney-Advisor, USPTO 9:45 – 10:55 Panel 1: Securing intellectual property rights in China Panelists to address challenges in and strategies for securing rights in patents, trademarks, copyright, and trade secrets in China Moderator: Michael Diehl, Senior Attorney, USPTO Speakers: Amy Hsiao, Chair of Asia Trademark and Anti-Counterfeiting Practice, Adsero IP Thomas T. Moga, Member, Dykema Jerry Xia, Partner, GEN Law Firm 10:55 – 11:05 Break 11:05 – 12:15 Panel 2: IP enforcement in China, including in e-commerce Panel to address administrative, civil, and criminal avenues and strategies for IP rights enforcement in China as to patents, trademarks, copyright, and trade secrets Moderator: Conrad Wong, Attorney-Advisor, USPTO Speakers: Amy Hsiao, Chair of Asia Trademark and Anti-Counterfeiting Practice, Adsero IP Thomas T. Moga, Member, Dykema Jerry Xia, Partner, GEN Law Firm 12:15 – 1:15 Networking lunch 1:15 – 1:30 U.S. government and other resources to help U.S. businesses Conrad Wong, Attorney-Advisor, USPTO Shannon Christenbury, Director, Greenville U.S. Export Assistance Center Michelle Abraham, State Director, South Carolina Small Business Development Centers [invited] Elizabeth Rowland, Director, Subnational Initiatives, US-China Business Council 1:30 – 2:45 Panel 3: Civil and criminal IP rights enforcement in the United States Panel to address civil and criminal IP rights enforcement primarily as to patents, trademarks and trade secrets in the United States with an emphasis on infringement by China-based actor Moderator: Conrad Wong, Attorney-Advisor, USPTO Speakers: Amy Hsiao, Chair of Asia Trademark and Anti-Counterfeiting Practice, Adsero IP Beau Jackson, Partner, Husch Blackwell Kevin Barney, Special Agent, Homeland Security Investigations DeWayne Pearson, Deputy Chief White Collar and General Crimes, U.S. Department of Justice 2:45 – 3:00 Break 3:00 – 4:15 Panel 4: IP protection and China: The Upstate South Carolina experience Panel to address China-origin IP challenges for Upstate South Carolina businesses Moderator: Douglas Kim, Member, Kim, Lahey & Killough Law Firm, Greenville, SC Speakers: Elizabeth Rowland, Director, Subnational Initiatives, US-China Business Council Andy Forsythe, Brand Protection and Dealer Parts Loyalty Nissan USA Evan Slavitt, Global Chief Legal Officer, Paper Excellence Group Jonathan Szucs, President, Advanced Superabrasives 4:15 Closing Remarks Elizabeth Dougherty, Eastern Regional Outreach Director, USPTO Additional information For more information, visit the registration page or contact Nadine Herbert in the USPTO’s Office of Policy and International Affairs. 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. Greenville Technical College, Barton Campus, Student Success Center 506 Pleasantburg Drive Greenville, SC 29607 United States Greenville Technical College, Barton Campus, Student Success Center 506 Pleasantburg Drive Greenville, SC 29607 United States Greenville Technical College, Barton Campus, Student Success CenterAmerica/New_Yorkpublic

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Strategies for IP protection in China: What upstate South Carolina businesses need to know

Upstate South Carolina business owners doing business in China may find their valuable intellectual property (IP) is being infringed upon in that country. Even businesses not operating in China may find counterfeit versions of their products for sale in China or the United States. At this free, one-day program, experts from the U.S. government, IP attorneys, and local business people will share insights on how U.S. rights holders can protect their IP in China and the United States. Topics will include:

What you need to know about protecting your patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights in China (particularly for small- and medium-sized businesses)
Where is China going on IP?
Enforcing IP rights in the United States and in China
U.S. government resources for U.S. companies
IP in China: The Upstate South Carolina experience

This program is one of a series of China IP Road Shows that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office conducts across the country. For more information, visit the China IP Road Show homepage.

Agenda

Agenda - subject to change

8:30 – 9:00 Registration

9:00 – 9:15 Welcome remarks

Julie Eddy, Chief of Staff to the President, Greenville Technical College
Shannon Christenbury, Director, Greenville U.S. Export Assistance Center
Elizabeth Dougherty, Eastern Regional Outreach Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

9:15 – 9:35 Keynote address

Dale Davis, Chief IP Counsel and Deputy General Counsel, Cummins Inc.

9:35 – 9:45 Where is China going on intellectual property?

Conrad Wong, Attorney-Advisor, USPTO

9:45 – 10:55 Panel 1: Securing intellectual property rights in China

Panelists to address challenges in and strategies for securing rights in patents, trademarks, copyright, and trade secrets in China

Moderator:

Michael Diehl, Senior Attorney, USPTO

Speakers:

Amy Hsiao, Chair of Asia Trademark and Anti-Counterfeiting Practice, Adsero IP
Thomas T. Moga, Member, Dykema
Jerry Xia, Partner, GEN Law Firm

10:55 – 11:05 Break

11:05 – 12:15 Panel 2: IP enforcement in China, including in e-commerce

Panel to address administrative, civil, and criminal avenues and strategies for IP rights enforcement in China as to patents, trademarks, copyright, and trade secrets

Moderator:

Conrad Wong, Attorney-Advisor, USPTO

Speakers:

Amy Hsiao, Chair of Asia Trademark and Anti-Counterfeiting Practice, Adsero IP
Thomas T. Moga, Member, Dykema
Jerry Xia, Partner, GEN Law Firm

12:15 – 1:15 Networking lunch

1:15 – 1:30 U.S. government and other resources to help U.S. businesses

Conrad Wong, Attorney-Advisor, USPTO
Shannon Christenbury, Director, Greenville U.S. Export Assistance Center
Michelle Abraham, State Director, South Carolina Small Business Development Centers [invited]
Elizabeth Rowland, Director, Subnational Initiatives, US-China Business Council

1:30 – 2:45 Panel 3: Civil and criminal IP rights enforcement in the United States

Panel to address civil and criminal IP rights enforcement primarily as to patents, trademarks and trade secrets in the United States with an emphasis on infringement by China-based actor

Moderator:

Conrad Wong, Attorney-Advisor, USPTO

Speakers:

Amy Hsiao, Chair of Asia Trademark and Anti-Counterfeiting Practice, Adsero IP
Beau Jackson, Partner, Husch Blackwell
Kevin Barney, Special Agent, Homeland Security Investigations
DeWayne Pearson, Deputy Chief White Collar and General Crimes, U.S. Department of Justice

2:45 – 3:00 Break

3:00 – 4:15 Panel 4: IP protection and China: The Upstate South Carolina experience

Panel to address China-origin IP challenges for Upstate South Carolina businesses

Moderator:

Douglas Kim, Member, Kim, Lahey & Killough Law Firm, Greenville, SC

Speakers:

Elizabeth Rowland, Director, Subnational Initiatives, US-China Business Council
Andy Forsythe, Brand Protection and Dealer Parts Loyalty Nissan USA
Evan Slavitt, Global Chief Legal Officer, Paper Excellence Group
Jonathan Szucs, President, Advanced Superabrasives

4:15 Closing Remarks

Elizabeth Dougherty, Eastern Regional Outreach Director, USPTO

Additional information

For more information, visit the registration page or contact Nadine Herbert in the USPTO’s Office of Policy and International Affairs.

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.

Accessibility accommodation

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation, please submit your request to the contact information listed above.

This event is part of a series: China IP events