C5 (UK) will be
holding its Advanced In-House Counsel Forum on China IP Law on January 26-27,
2010 in Shanghai, China.  At the
conference, C5 faculty will offer presentations on the following topics:

• Status report on
recent IP regulatory and enforcement initiatives;
• Developing a
filing strategy to address China's new secrecy examination;
• Incorporating
utility model patents in patent strategies;
• How to collect
evidence to win patent cases in Chinese Courts;
• How absolute novelty
standard will challenge patent validity;
• Positioning an IP
department to support legal, marketing, and R &D departments;
• Mitigating
leakage of "know-how" while licensing technology in China;
• Maximizing ROI in
anti-counterfeiting;
• Minimizing patent
litigation risks post Schneider;
• Complying with
new technology import and export measures;
• How to obtain
recognition of "well-known" trademarks in China;
• Defining
ownership and reasonable remuneration for inventor awards; and
• Conducting effective
freedom-to-operate (FTO) analysis to ensure right to commercialize products.

In addition, two
pre-conference master workshops will be offered on January 25, 2010.  The first, entitled "Fundamentals
of China Anti-Monopoly Law: What Every IP Attorney Needs to Know," will be
held from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm, and the second, entitled "A Deep Dive into
the 3rd Patent Amendment Legislation: 
What Life Science Companies Need to Know about New Patent Law,"
will be held from 1:30 to 5:00 pm.

A complete brochure
for this conference, including an agenda, list of speakers, and registration
form can be downloaded here.

The registration
fee for the conference is $2,195, for the conference plus one workshop $2,795,
and for the conference and both workshops $3,395.  Those registering by January 5, 2010 will receive a $200
discount off the registration fee. 
Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here, by
calling +44 (0) 20 7878 6888, or by faxing a registration form to +44 (0) 20
7878 6896.

Photograph of the Pudong skyline in Shanghai, China (above) by Jens Schott Knudsen, from the Wikipedia Commons under the Creative Commons license.