Partner Tang Gongyuan from JunZeJun Law Firm was invited to give a keynote speech at the 2017 China Intellectual Property Forum
From June 2 to 4, 2017, organized by the China Intellectual Property Forum committee member and the Beijing Power-nation Intellectual Property Institute, and co-organized by the Beijing Arbitration Commission/ Beijing International Arbitration Center and Quality Brands Protection Committee of China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment, "2017 China Intellectual Property Forum - the best practices of Quality and Value" was held in Beijing at the China National Convention Center.
Mr. Tang Gongyuan, the partner of JunZeJun Law Firm, was invited to attend the "Conference on Multi-resolution Mechanism" on June 4, 2017, and delivered a keynote speech entitled "Practical Needs and Expectations on Innovative Solutions to Intellectual Property Disputes".
From below four aspects including infringement challenges, the lack of intellectual property management, risks and its prevention measures as well as practical needs and expectations, Lawyer Tang Gongyuan conducted deep analysis to the intellectual property challenges that Chinese enterprises encountered against the "Belt and Road" background, and further discussed the issue whether the current intellectual property dispute resolution mechanism could satisfy the practical needs and enterprise expectations.
Lawyer Tang pointed out currently, Chinese enterprises have started business in equipment, technology, infrastructure, manufacturing and other industry fields all over the world, while the risks encountered related to Intellectual Property infringement (e.g. patent, license infringement) is also increasing significantly. Meanwhile, there is a widespread lack of intellectual property management among Chinese enterprises. It is imperative to establish a global IP strategy and team that matches the business strategy of the enterprise.
For the disputes enterprises involved in the whole process from product development to product sales and export, Lawyer Tang believed that a large proportion of them is generated from the contract and recommended enterprises to settle through an alternative dispute resolution mechanism (ADR), including but not limited arbitration and mediation. The advantage of this approach is that there is a group of arbitrators who are expertise in intellectual property field and also understand the business model, to effectively help enterprises resolve the disputes with commercial considerations through the relatively private procedures.
