IP Dragon Blogging From Singapore at Global Forum on Intellectual Property

Raffles and Fairmont (Picture Danny Friedmann)

Once every other year the IP Academy of Singapore handpicks IP experts and brings them all together at the Fairmont, opposite the Raffles Hotel at the Global Forum on Intellectual Property 2011.

Professor David Llewelyn made an excellent line up of speakers and IP Dragon is very happy to be give two presentations and launch the TP website. The programme is extremely full of must-see presentations.

For those passionate about IP in China, a lot of very interesting information can be expected.

Tomorrow, January 6th, Professor Peter Williamson (International Management, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge and Co-author of Dragons at Your Door: How Chinese Innovation is disrupting Global Competition is giving the keynote address 1 about IP and China, with the title "Geting Ready to Rumble in the New Asian Decade".

Then also there will be Special Judges' Plenary Session about "The Next Ten Years in Intellectual Property". Moderator will be professor Llewelyn and panelists include:

Dr Jiang Zhipei, Chief Justice of IPR Tribunal, People's Republic of China Supreme People's Court (retired) and senior advisor at Fangda Partners law firm.

I am a great fan of Dr Jiang's famous site China IPR Law on which Dr Jiang explains about IPR in China and answers letters from readers. This site I also heavily used when I was writing my master's thesis.

Also present are judge Joachim Bornkamm, presiding judge of the Federal Supreme Court of Germany;

Justice Andrew Phang, Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Singapore;

Hon. Randall R. Rader, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington DC;

Sir Richard Arnold, judge of the High Court, Chancery Division;

Hon. Robert van Peursem, vice president, District Court of The Hague, The Netherlands.

At parallel sessions IP in China experts such as Professors Peter K. Yu, Justin Hughes and Sun Haochen will be available. Last but certainly not least Professor Susan Scafidi will tell everything you ever wanted to know about fashion and IP.

More blogs about this event will follow.

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IP Dragon Speaks at 3rd Global Forum on Intellectual Property, Singapore, January 6 and 7, 2011

IP Dragon is very honored he is invited by the IP Academy of Singapore to speak at the 3rd Global Forum on Intellectual Property, Raffles City Convention Centre, on January 6 and 7, 2011. This years theme is very actual: "Turbulent Times: Onwards and Upwards for Intellectual Property?"

I am very impressed by the learned line-up and I am very sure special things will happen when so much IP passionate scholars and practisioners fill up the same Singaporean space.

The Chairman of the IP Academy, professor David Llewelyn, and author of the book 'Invisible Gold in Asia' which will be reviewed on this blog soon, and the following IP scholars and practisioners will be present:

• Stan Abrams, Author of China Hearsay blog / Of counsel at Golden Gate Law Firm /IP Professor, Beijing’s Central University of Finance and Economics Law;
• Dr Tanya Aplin, Reader in IP Law, King's College, London;
• Justice Richard David Arnold, Judge of the High Court, Chancery Division;
• Ms Toe-Su Aung, General Counsel, Anti-Illicit Trade, BATMark Ltd;
• Mr Shamnad Basheer, Founder, Spicy IP Blog, Ministry of HRD Professor in IP Law, National University of Juridical Sciences, India;
• Mr Bruce Berman, CEO, Brody Berman Associates (US);
• Judge Prof. Dr. Joachim Bornkamm, Presiding Judge, Federal Supreme Court of Germany;
• Prof Robert Burrell, Professor of Queensland;
• Mr George Chappelle, EVP, Chief Operating Officer, Solocup;
• Ms Peggy Cheung, Partner, Jones Day (Hong Kong);
• Mr Dimitrios Drivas, Partner & Chair, Global Intellectual Property Practice Group, White & Case LLP, New York;
• Ms Karen Fong, Managing Partner, Rouse Legal (UK);
• Mr Danny Friedmann, Consultant, IP Dragon Blog;
• Ms Dominique Grigg, Barrister (Dominique Grigg Chambers), Queensland;
• Prof Hugh Hansen, Professor, Fordham University School of Law, New York
• Mr Albert Ho, Head of the Intellectual Property Investigation Bureau, Hong Kong Customs & Excise Department;
• Prof Justin Hughes, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property / Professor of Law, Cardozo Law School, New York;
• Mr John Hull, Partner and Head of IP, Memery Crystal LLP (London),
• Dr. jur. Kristina Janusauskaite, Attorney at Law (Lithuania);
• Prof Anette Kur, Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law;
• Prof Spyros Maniatis, Director, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London;
• Mr Batur Oktay, Director and Corporate Counsel at Starbucks Coffee Company;
• Ms Marilee Owens, General Counsel, BetBrain;
• Ms Anna Panka, Associate, Jacobacci & Partners (Milan);
• Hon. Robert van Peursem, Vice President, District Court The Hague, The Netherlands;
• Mr Guy Proulx, Managing Director, Transpacific IP Management Group Pte Ltd;
• Dr Meir Perez Pugatch, Senior Lecturer, University of Haifa in Israel, IP Policy & Commercialisation of Knowledge Assets/ Director of Research, the Stockholm Network;
• Hon. Randall R. Rader, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington DC;
• Mr Robert Raskopf, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver Hedges LLP;
• Prof Jan Rosén, Professor, University of Stockholm;
• Ms Gayatri Roy, Partner, Luthra and Luthra;
• Mr David Ruder, VP (Memberships), RPX Corporation / Chair of Trademark Asset Management Committee, IAFS / Founder of Terrier IP Investments LLC;
• Mr Mustafa Safiyuddin, Partner, DSK Legal
• Prof Wang Qian, Professor, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai;
• Mr Victor Wang, Senior Partner, Allbright (Shanghai);
• Mr Richard Wilder, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property Policy, Microsoft Corporation;
• Prof Peter Williamson, Professor of International Management, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge / Chairman, Tactical Global Management / Joint Author of “Dragons at Your Door”
• Prof Marry Wong, Professor of Law & Chair, IP Programs, University of New Hampshire School of Law
• Prof Peter K. Yu, Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law / Director, Intellectual Property Law Center, Drake University Law School, Des Moines, IA
• Dr Daphne Zografos, Lecturer, University of Reading

For an updated list of speakers, see here.

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