Agenda

Thursday, October 3, 2024
8:30 a.m. – 6:10 p.m. (PT)
In-person & Virtual (Zoom) | Faculty Club, UC Berkeley (Heyns Room)

Speaker Biographies

Time Panel

Speakers & Moderators

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast & Registration

 

9:00 – 9:10 a.m. 

Opening Speech

Prof. Robert Merges, Berkeley Law
Prof. CUI Guobin, Tsinghua Law

9:10 – 10:20 a.m.

Panel I. Statistics, Cases and Trends in Cross-Border Litigation

Recording

Thomas Lunde, Clarivate/Darts-ip
Steve Akerley, InterDigital, Inc.
Chris de Mauny, Bird & Bird
Dr. Yuan Hao, Berkeley Law (Moderator)

10:20 – 11:30 a.m. 

Panel II. Standard Essential Patent Litigation and Licensing

Recording

Dr. Fei Deng, Charles River Associates
LUO Rui, Han Kun Law Firm
Dr. Mang Zhu, InterDigital, Inc.
ZHANG Hongbin, LexField Law Firm
Dr. Thomas Chia (Moderator)

11:30 – 11:35 a.m. 

Coffee Break

 

11:35 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.

Panel III. Patent Litigation and the Patent Linkage System in China

Recording

LI Binxin, LeanWill Law Firm
WU Li, Li Fang Law Firm
LIANG Fan, AnJie Broad Law Firm
Charlie LOU, Takeda
Dr. Kit Chan, Kinect Law (Moderator)

12:35 – 1:45 p.m. Lunch  
1:45 – 2:45 p.m. 

Panel IV. A Comparative View on IP Infringement Remedies: Injunction and Damages

Recording

Tony (Chengyan) Du, King & Wood Mallesons
Kurtis MacFerrin, Google
Derek Neilson, Ericsson
Dr. HONG Yan, Tsinghua Law
Prof. Colleen Chien, Berkeley Law (Moderator)

2:45 – 3:45 p.m.

Panel V. Transnational IP Transactions and Alternate Dispute Resolution

Recording

Hon. Andrew J. Guilford, Ret., United States District Court for the Central District of California/Judicate West
Jane Bu, Via Licensing
WANG Zhengzhi, Globe-Law Law Firm
WANG Xuanzhong, Singapore International Arbitration Centre
Marcus Quintanilla,
Global Dispute Resolution (Moderator)

3:45 – 4:00 p.m.  Coffee Break  
4:00-5:00 p.m.

Panel VI. Legal Challenges Faced by Chinese Enterprises in the US

Recording

Yar Chaikovsky, White & Case
Prof. Carrie Shang, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
William “Skip” Fisher, Potomac Law Group
Amy Zhang, LungTin Law Firm
Prof. Robert Merges, Berkeley Law (Moderator)
5:00-6:00 p.m.

Panel VII. A Comparative Law Discussion on AI and IP

Recording

Prof. JIANG Ge, Tsinghua Law
Dr. Yuan Hao, Berkeley Law
Prof. Robert Merges, Berkeley Law
Vivian Ding, Microsoft China
Prof. CUI Guobin, Tsinghua Law (Moderator)
6:00-6:10 p.m. Closing Speech Prof. CUI Guobin, Tsinghua Law
Dr. Yuan Hao, Berkeley Law