Protecting Your IP From China: Shenzhen and Hong Kong Seminars This Week

On Tuesday, April 18, I will be speaking on China IP at the Global Sources Summit in Hong Kong. This summit is designed to teach entrepreneurs and small businesses how to create and build an Amazon FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) business. In 12 Business Conferences In China You Should Attend, Bay McLaughlin McLaughlin in Forbes Magazine describes it as follows:

This popular summit shows entrepreneurs and small businesses how to create and build an Amazon FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) business. You’ll learn actionable strategies to grow your Amazon seller business and get insider tips on successful China importing. With over 3,000 booths this conference in huge! It will be held April 17-19, 2017, in Hong Kong.

I will be speaking Tuesday, April 18 on “How to Protect Your IP From China, Especially From Your Own Manufacturer,” focusing on the following:

• How to choose the right China manufacturer
• How to identify the IP assets you need to protect
• How to structure your China manufacturing deal
• How to draft your China manufacturing contracts to protect your IP
• What you should know about trademarks, patents, copyrights, and licensing agreements
• What to do when you’ve been copied

You can register for the Global Sources event here.

I will then cross the bay to speak in the middle of the afternoon on April 21 at Global From Asia’s Cross Border Summit, whose theme is “Grow Your Business in Asia.” This event too made Forbes Magazine’s top 12 for China list and Forbes justifies this choice as follows:

Held in Shenzhen, China, on 21-22 April, 2017, this event encourages international participation among industry leaders in cross border commerce between China and the rest of the world with content related to marketing, management, manufacturing, and technology. There are numerous roundtable discussions and networking sessions to encourage collaboration and idea generation. This event is hosted by Global From Asia, which also has a fantastic podcast about doing business in China.

My talk will be on “Global IP, In and Out of China: Protecting your brand via trademarks, inside China and globally.” You can register for the Cross Border Summit here.

Both events have a plethora of great speakers and I hope to see you at one or both of them.

We will be discussing the practical aspects of Chinese law and how it impacts business there. We will be telling you what works and what does not and what you as a businessperson can do to use the law to your advantage. Our aim is to assist businesses already in China or planning to go into China, not to break new ground in legal theory or policy.