Showing posts with label Mr David Kappos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mr David Kappos. Show all posts

Monday, November 21, 2011

Patents, Trade and Innovation in China, December 13, 2011 George Washington Law School

George Washington University Law School and Fordham Law School have organised a public discussion on “Patents, Trade and Innovation in China." The goal is conveying practical Strategies for engaging China.
When: December 13, 2011 
Where: George Washington Law School.
Who are your discussion partners? The "lineup" is experienced and knowledgeable: 
  • David Kappos, director USPTO;
  • Chief Judge Rader, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 
  • Professor Mark Cohen (Fordham), who worked as director international IPR at Microsoft and before that, did a lot of negotiating with the Chinese government as senior IPR attache for the U.S. government;  
  • Professor Carl Minzner (Fordham), who wrote an interesting article called 'China's Turn Against Law' about China's policy to de-emphasis formal law and court adjudication. I think this also applied to intellectual property conflicts for a long time, but since the last few years I have noticed things are changing.
If you are interested in participating in the discussion RSVP to iplaw@law.gwu.edu with the subject line: “China Conf.”
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Friday, August 05, 2011

Changzhou Global Animation Joyland Clones Offline Version Of Activision Blizzard's World of Warcraft/Starcraft

The world's first game themed entertainment park is Global Animation Joyland, in Changzhou, Jiangsu province. It cloned the American game producer Activision Blizzard's World of Warcraft (WoW) into "Terrain of Magic" and Activision Blizzard's StarCraft into "Universe of Starship" designs and made them into attractions. Adapting a copyrighted game into a real life park falls within the scope of the copyright protection of the work. It would be interesting to know if the park was discussed during the realisation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on intellectual property between the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO David Kappos and the Jiangsu's Provincial People's Government of the People's Republic of China, see here. Watch the Game On Daily video below:

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Monday, July 25, 2011

If Central Government Is Not Omnipotent Deal Directly With Provinces: USPTO Jiangsu MOU

As the last article underlines, see here, the central government of Beijing is not all powerful in China. So it makes a lot of sense that the US Patent and Trademark Office went to Jiangsu, the important coastal province to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the

According to the USPTO press release on July 21, 2011: “The purpose of this MOU is to establish a general framework for future cooperation,” said Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO David Kappos. Read more here.
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