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Time2023-11-08 - 2023-11-08 | 16:00 - 17:30
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Venue:European Chamber Shanghai Office
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Address:Unit 2204, Shui On Plaza, 333 Huai Hai Zhong Road, Shanghai, 200021, P.R.CHINA
上海市淮海中路333号瑞安广场2204室(邮编200021) -
Fee:Members: Free
Joint meeting: IP and Technology Transfer in China – Legal and Practical Considerations for European Business
Time: Wednesday 8th November, 16.00 – 17.30 (China time)
Venue: European Chamber Shanghai Office + online
Language: English
Over the past five years, China has made changes in many IP related laws and regulations to facilitate and safeguard legitimate technology transfers. Furthermore, the Foreign Investment Law clearly bans forced technology transfers. Nevertheless, European companies, remain concerned about how to structure technology transfers when dealing with Chinese partners.
This joint meeting between European Chamber and China IP SME Helpdesk, titled IP and Technology Transfer in China – Legal and Practical Considerations for European Business, will delve into the legal and practical considerations of technology transfer for European business operating in, or wish to operate in China.
During this meeting, the China IP SME Helpdesk IP Business Advisor, Ms Lisa Lu, will first provide an overview of the newest technology transfer conditions as well as discuss the role of various contracts in protecting IP. After the first presentation, Mr Mark Young, Director in Control Risks’ Compliance, Forensics, and Intelligence practices, will discuss risks to IP associated with technology transfer to China, and share case studies. This meeting will be moderated by Mr Yu-An Chang, Vice chair of the European Chamber IPR Working Group.
Kindly note that this meeting is only open to European Chamber members.
Agenda
15.45 – 16.00 Arrival and registration
16.00 – 16.05 Opening remarks by Mr Yu-An Chang, Vice Chair of the European Chamber IPR Working Group
16.05 – 16.40 Presentation on Technology Transfer and IP Contracts in China, by Ms Lisa Lu, IP Business Advisor, China IP SME Helpdesk
16.40 – 17.10 Presentation on IP Risks and Technology Transfer, by Mr Mark Young, Director, Control Risks
17.10 – 17.30 Q&A discussion
17.30 Closing remarks
To register, please click here or email lshi@europeanchamber.com.cn before noon of 7th Nov and indicate whether you will attend offline or online. Dial-in link will be shared ahead of the meeting. Kindly note that this meeting is only open to European Chamber members.
Speakers
Ms. Lisa Lu
Ms. Lisa Lu
Lisa Lu is the IP Business Advisor at China IP SME Helpdesk in Beijing, where she advises European SMEs on intellectual property rights matters. She holds a double master’s degree in law from the China University of Political Science and Law and University of Hamburg. Before joining the China IP SME Helpdesk at the European Chamber, Lisa worked as a trademark attorney for the Ferrante Intellectual Property and Chang Tsi & Partners. She mainly focused on the fields of trademark prosecution, trademark enforcement, copyright protection and unfair competition. During her time working in both law firms, she dealt with a variety of clients including but not limited to automotive performance, media, entertainment, new energy, apparel, architecture design, data management, e-commerce, household products, HVAC, and fire & security. Her clients included a range of globally leading companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Lisa is fluent in Chinese and English.
Mr. Mark Young
Mr. Mark Young
Mark Young is a director in Control Risks’ Compliance, Forensics and Intelligence practices in Shanghai, focusing on fraud and forensics matters in Greater China. For the last 16 years, Mark has been based in Shanghai, specialising in the execution of fraud investigations in mainland China and other jurisdictions. Mark’s overall experience includes law enforcement work in the US, consulting on a wide range of risk and investigation projects in mainland China, as well as leadership of an in-house global investigations function of a Fortune 100 manufacturer.
Recent tasks that Mark has worked on include:
• Led an investigation in mainland China that revealed a complex fraud scheme dealing with the theft of licensing codes for network equipment.
• Inquiries into a vague whistleblower allegation suggesting corrupt behavior by a high-level manager, which ultimately revealed numerous conflicts of interest with a supplier company.
• An investigation into corruption in a factory’s metal recycling process, which identified bid rigging among vendors, collusion with procurement team members and a theft methodology targeting high value production materials being secreted in waste products.
• Management of risk assessment projects to bolster internal controls at research and development facilities.
• Co-led a commercial investigation training and development program for an Asia investigations function of a global testing, inspection and certification provider.
• Led a response to a critical information breach at a prototype production project, which quickly identified the persons responsible for the breach. Post-action analysis and mitigation identified and mended the process gaps that facilitated the breach.
Before joining Control Risks, Mark was senior director of global investigations at Flex Ltd in their brand protection and security team, specialising in the leadership, oversight and execution of compliance investigations in Flex’s complex manufacturing environment. Before working at Flex Ltd, Mark was a director at Kroll, managing due diligence, internal fraud and intellectual property investigations. Mark started his career as a police officer in California before moving to Shanghai.
Mark holds an MBA, is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), as well as a Certified Forensic Interviewer (CFI), has a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (ICGB) certification and is qualified to perform food defense vulnerability assessments. He is proficient in both spoken and written Mandarin.