Event summary

April 19, 2023

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

Tiburon Golf Club

10302 South 168th Street

Omaha, NE 68136

Add to Calendar2023-04-19 09:30:002023-04-19 09:30:00Strategies for protecting intellectual property in China: What Nebraska businesses need to know Nebraska business owners doing business in or with China may find their valuable intellectual property (IP) being infringed upon. Even businesses not operating in China may find counterfeit versions of their products for sale in China or the United States, or their trademarks registered in China without their knowledge. During this free, in-person event, scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT April 19 in Omaha, Nebraska, experts from the U.S. government, IP attorneys, and local business people 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 you need to know about protecting your patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyright in China (particularly for small- and medium-sized businesses) 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 Nebraska experience Continuing legal education (CLE) accreditation may be available to attendees of this program. This program is one of a series of China IP Road Shows that the United States Patent and Trademark Office conducts across the country. It has been organized in cooperation with the U.S. Commercial Service–Omaha. Please note that this is an in-person event. It will not be webcast nor recorded. For more information about the series, visit the China IP Road Show homepage. Register today Agenda Agenda subject to change 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Registration 9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Welcome remarks Meredith Bond, Director, U.S. Export Assistance Center, U.S. Commercial Service, Omaha, Nebraska Molly Kocialski, Regional Director, Rocky Mountain Regional Office, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Denver, Colorado Elaine Wu, Principal Counsel and Director, Office of Policy and International Affairs (OPIA), USPTO, Alexandria, Virginia 9:15 – 9:30 a.m. IP developments in China: Challenges and opportunities in a shifting IP environment Elaine Wu 9:30 – 10:15 a.m. Topic 1: Securing IP rights in China Moderator Conrad Wong, Attorney-Advisor, OPIA, USPTO, Alexandria, Virginia Speakers Chen Dan, Partner, Fairsky Law Office, Beijing, China Thomas Moga, Member, Dykema, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Topic 2: Enforcing IP rights in China Moderator Conrad Wong Speakers Chen Dan Thomas Moga Paul Burnett, Assistant General Counsel, FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11:30 – 11:50 a.m. Topic 3: U.S. export controls and their effects on U.S. rights holders Grant Leach, Partner, Husch Blackwell, Omaha, Nebraska 11:50 – 12:10 p.m. Topic 4: U.S. government and other resources to help U.S. businesses Conrad Wong Meredith Bond Elizabeth Rowland, Director, Subnational Initiatives, US-China Business Council, Washington, D.C. 12:10 – 1:10 p.m. Lunch 1:10 – 2:15 p.m. Topic 5: Enforcing IP rights in the United States Moderator/Speaker Beau Jackson, Partner, Husch Blackwell, Kansas City, Missouri Speakers P. Andrew Riley, Partner, Mei and Mark, Washington, D.C. Zachary Keegan, Attorney-Advisor, IP Enforcement Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Washington, D.C. 2:15 – 3:00 p.m. Topic 6: Protecting agricultural and seed IP and trade secrets Moderator Elaine Wu Speakers Barry Nelson, Research Scientist, Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, Iowa Byron Militello, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Des Moines, Iowa 3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Break 3:15 – 4:15 p.m. Topic 7: IP protection and China: The Nebraska experience Moderator Grant Leach Speakers Laura Gonnerman, Associate General Counsel, University of Nebraska System, Lincoln, Nebraska Kim Nguyen, Vice President, International Markets, International Nutrition, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska Elizabeth Rowland 4:15 – 4:30 p.m. Closing remarks Meredith Bond Molly Kocialski Elaine Wu Additional information This program is hosted by the USPTO’s Rocky Mountain Regional Office and the 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 Lakeshia Harley in the USPTO’s Office of Policy and International Affairs. Tiburon Golf Club 10302 South 168th Street Omaha, NE 68136 United States Tiburon Golf Club 10302 South 168th Street Omaha, NE 68136 United States Tiburon Golf ClubAmerica/New_Yorkpublic

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Strategies for protecting intellectual property in China: What Nebraska businesses need to know

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Nebraska business owners doing business in or with China may find their valuable intellectual property (IP) being infringed upon. Even businesses not operating in China may find counterfeit versions of their products for sale in China or the United States, or their trademarks registered in China without their knowledge.

During this free, in-person event, scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT April 19 in Omaha, Nebraska, experts from the U.S. government, IP attorneys, and local business people 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 you need to know about protecting your patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyright in China (particularly for small- and medium-sized businesses)
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 Nebraska experience

Continuing legal education (CLE) accreditation may be available to attendees of this program.

This program is one of a series of China IP Road Shows that the United States Patent and Trademark Office conducts across the country. It has been organized in cooperation with the U.S. Commercial Service–Omaha.

Please note that this is an in-person event. It will not be webcast nor recorded. For more information about the series, visit the China IP Road Show homepage.

Agenda

Agenda subject to change

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Registration

9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Welcome remarks

Meredith Bond, Director, U.S. Export Assistance Center, U.S. Commercial Service, Omaha, Nebraska
Molly Kocialski, Regional Director, Rocky Mountain Regional Office, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Denver, Colorado
Elaine Wu, Principal Counsel and Director, Office of Policy and International Affairs (OPIA), USPTO, Alexandria, Virginia

9:15 – 9:30 a.m. IP developments in China: Challenges and opportunities in a shifting IP environment

Elaine Wu

9:30 – 10:15 a.m. Topic 1: Securing IP rights in China

Moderator

Conrad Wong, Attorney-Advisor, OPIA, USPTO, Alexandria, Virginia

Speakers

Chen Dan, Partner, Fairsky Law Office, Beijing, China
Thomas Moga, Member, Dykema, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break

10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Topic 2: Enforcing IP rights in China

Moderator

Conrad Wong

Speakers

Chen Dan
Thomas Moga
Paul Burnett, Assistant General Counsel, FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

11:30 – 11:50 a.m. Topic 3: U.S. export controls and their effects on U.S. rights holders

Grant Leach, Partner, Husch Blackwell, Omaha, Nebraska

11:50 – 12:10 p.m. Topic 4: U.S. government and other resources to help U.S. businesses

Conrad Wong
Meredith Bond
Elizabeth Rowland, Director, Subnational Initiatives, US-China Business Council, Washington, D.C.

12:10 – 1:10 p.m. Lunch

1:10 – 2:15 p.m. Topic 5: Enforcing IP rights in the United States

Moderator/Speaker

Beau Jackson, Partner, Husch Blackwell, Kansas City, Missouri

Speakers

P. Andrew Riley, Partner, Mei and Mark, Washington, D.C.
Zachary Keegan, Attorney-Advisor, IP Enforcement Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Washington, D.C.

2:15 – 3:00 p.m. Topic 6: Protecting agricultural and seed IP and trade secrets

Moderator

Elaine Wu

Speakers

Barry Nelson, Research Scientist, Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, Iowa
Byron Militello, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Des Moines, Iowa

3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Break

3:15 – 4:15 p.m. Topic 7: IP protection and China: The Nebraska experience

Moderator

Grant Leach

Speakers

Laura Gonnerman, Associate General Counsel, University of Nebraska System, Lincoln, Nebraska
Kim Nguyen, Vice President, International Markets, International Nutrition, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska
Elizabeth Rowland

4:15 – 4:30 p.m. Closing remarks

Meredith Bond
Molly Kocialski
Elaine Wu

Additional information

This program is hosted by the USPTO’s Rocky Mountain Regional Office and the 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 Lakeshia Harley in the USPTO’s Office of Policy and International Affairs.

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.

Continuing Legal Education (CLE)

Attendees of this program are eligible for 6.0 hours of continuing legal education (CLE) credits from the Iowa Judicial Branch, 6.5 hours of CLE credits from the Kansas Bar Association’s Continuing Legal Education Department, and 5.58 hours of Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) credits from the Nebraska Supreme Court Attorney Services Division.

This event is part of a series: China IP events