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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Berkeley China IPR Leadership Pilot Program

Between October 9 and 27 the Center for Research on Chinese & American Strategic Cooperation of UC Berkeley organised a training program on innovation and IPR for 20 Chinese delegates.

The programme was an interdisciplinary collaboration, with classes taught by Dean Tom Campbell, Haas School of Business, Dean AnnaLee Saxenian, School of Information, Dean Christopher Edley, Boalt Hall School of Law and the Boalt's Berkeley Center for Law & Technology.

See Ronna Kelly's article about this programme for the UC Berkeley News here.

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