OREANDA-NEWS. April 02, 2015. Topic: East China: Protecting Intellectual Property in E-Commerce in China

Host: Consul General Hanscom Smith

Date, time, time zone for call: Tuesday, April 28, 2015; 7:00 p.m. EDT (Friday, April 29; 7:00 a.m. local)

Brief description of call: With over \\$300 billion in 2013 sales and a compound annual growth rate of 120 percent since 2003, China is soon poised to become the world’s largest e-commerce market. With this amazing growth come increased challenges to protecting valuable trademarks and copyrights in the online market place. The U.S. Consul General in Shanghai hopes you will join him, as well as the heads of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Foreign Commercial Service, and Agricultural Trade Office in Shanghai to discuss strategies for protecting intellectual property in e-Commerce in China.

Deadline for RSVPs: Friday, April 24, 2015