LOS ANGELES – Loyola Law School will host the sixth-annual U.S.-China Intellectual Property Summit from 8:45 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13 to explore developments in cross-border videogame, artificial intelligence, patent and other rapidly developing IP issues.
The event, co-hosted with the University of California, Berkeley and Renmin University of China, will address a range of emerging issues in IP litigation and cross-border enforcement. Sessions will focus on artificial intelligence, new media developments and other matters that will significantly impact U.S.-China trade.
The Hon. Raymond T. Chen of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will deliver the keynote address, “Reflections on the Current State of the Patent System.” Speakers will include Professor Seagull Song, director of Loyola’s Asia-America Law Institute; Loyola Professors Jeffrey Atik, Bob Brain, Jay Dougherty, Justin Hughes, Karl Manheim; and Justin Levitt, Loyola’s Associate Dean for Research.
“We are thrilled to have some of the brightest minds in the U.S.-China IP landscape uniquely gathered in one place for an engaging discussion of the issues that will shape the future of global commerce,” said Professor Song.
Other speakers include Mark Cohen, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Alan Cox, NERA Economic Consulting; Catherine Fisk, Berkeley Law; John Gibson, Crowell & Moring; Taorui Guan, SJD candidate at the University of Virginia School of Law; Meph Jia Gui, China IP litigator; Jing He, AnJie Law Firm; Jing-Ru Huang, JSD holder in IP and patent law; Binxin Li, Anjie Law; Liu Yongpei, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Sonali D. Maitra, DurieTangri; Alexander (Alexi) Maltas, Hogan Lovells; Robert Merges, Berkeley Law; Brian Peck, USC Gould School of Law; Patrick Sweeney, IE Law; Lindsey Tonsager, Covington; Ming-Yan Xi, Huawei-3COM; Huan Qing Yao, Renmin University; Zhang Ping, Peking University; and Xuan Zhang, founder, Beijing IPhouse Network Technology.
The event will be held on Loyola Law School’s downtown L.A. campus at 919 Albany St., Los Angeles, CA 90015. Learn more at http://bit.ly/us-china-ip-17.
About Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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