Doing Business in China: A Commercial Review
McQuade Auditorium
University of Toledo College of Law
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Speakers
Ann Bartow, Professor, Pace Law School
Mark A. Cohen, Adjunct Professor, Fordham Law School and Senior Counsel, China, United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO")
Vince DiPofi, Corporate Director of Business Development and Sr. Vice President, SSOE
Elizabeth Lai Featherman (黎嘉欣律 ), Counsel, Mandelbaum Salsburg
Thomas Moga, Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Gary Nieman, Sales Executive Owens Corning
Phillip Rotman, Chief IP Counsel, Dana Corporation
James Rush, Executive Vice President, Communica
Lars S. Smith, Professor, University of Louisville
Peter Yu (余家明), Professor, Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law and is the founding director of the Intellectual Property Law Center at Drake University Law School
Paul Zito, Vice President of International Development, Regional Growth Partnership
Agenda
8:00 am - 8:30 am | Registration & Welcome |
8:30 am - 9:30 am | Patent Examination Standards in China Thomas Moga, Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP |
9:30 am - 10:15 am | Creative Solutions for Combating Online Counterfeiting Elizabeth Lai Featherman (黎嘉欣律 ), Counsel, Mandelbaum Salsburg |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Break |
10:30 am - 11:15 am | Consumer Privacy Issues in China Ann Bartow, Professor, Pace Law School |
11:15 am - 12:00 pm | Intellectual Property Protection in China: Same Old, Same Old or Is There Something
New? Peter Yu (余家明), Professor, Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law and is the founding director of the Intellectual Property Law Center at Drake University Law School |
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | Lunch Provided |
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm | Evaluating the IP Risks of Doing Business in China Mark Cohen, Adjunct Professor, Fordham Law School and Senior Counsel, China, United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") |
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm | Break |
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Business and Legal Aspects of Cross Cultural Communications: US and China TBA |
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm | Doing Business in China: Toledo Experiences (Panel) Hear from Owens Corning, SSOE,
Communica and the Regional Growth Partnership About Why They are in China, What They Have Experienced and What They Recommend for Your Future in China. Gary Nieman, Sale Executive Owens Corning James Rush, Executive Vice President, Communica Vince DiPofi, Corporate Director of Business Development and Sr. Vice President, SSOE D. Paul Zito, Vice President of International Development, Regional Growth Partnership |
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Break |
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Conducting Business and Protecting US IP in China: Lessons Learned (Panel) Phillip Rotman, Chief IP Counsel, Dana Corporation Thomas Moga, Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Elizabeth Lai Featherman, Counsel, Mandelbaum Salsburg Lars Smith (Moderator), Professor, University of Louisville |
4:30 pm - 5:15 pm | Reception - UT College of Law |
