This meeting will give members the opportunity to explore commonalities between the issues faced by both working groups, exchange insights and provide a platform for all those burning questions on IP, competition law or other legal issues you might have.
To kick off discussions, Paul Ranjard, Chair to the IPR Working Group in Beijing, will be holding a presentation on procedural issues for foreign litigants including POA for foreign litigants, transparency of procedures and case law.
Tentative Agenda:
· 15:30 – 16:00 Registration
· 16:00 – 16.10: Welcome words
· 16:10 – 16:30: Presentation on Procedural Issues by Paul Ranjard, Chair to the IPR WG in Beijing
· 16:30 – 17:00: Roundtable discussion
· 17:00 – 18:00: Time for further Q&A
Speakers
Paul Ranjard Chair to the IPR Working Group in Beijing - Paul Ranjard is a French lawyer who has been based in China since 1997. He graduated in 1969 from the Paris Law School and joined the Paris Bar in 1972. Apart from his general practice mainly as a commercial law litigator, Mr. Ranjard has progressively developed a Chinese related affairs practice. In September, 1997, he moved to Beijing. Since that date, Mr. Ranjard has devoted most of his time to IPR related cases, acting on behalf of French companies to help protect their intellectual property rights, as well as representing the French association Unifab, and chairing the IPR Working Group of the European Chamber of Commerce in Beijing. Now, he is Of Counsel to Wan Hui Da. Paul Ranjard is an active speaker at academic seminars and international conferences. He is the co-author of the articles “Actions Speak Louder than Words” (Managing Intellectual Property / China IP Focus 2007) and “Relative Grounds of Refusal in China & EU” (MIP / China IP Focus 2008).
If you would like to participate in this Working Group meeting, please register by Thursday 24th September COB.
As always, we welcome Working Group members’ suggestions for possible agenda topics and speakers for future meetings.