Speaker at a seminar in Beijing, China, sponsored by the Tsinghua University Law School, to discuss the role of intellectual property law as a driver of innovation, research and development, economic growth, and prosperity in the United States and China, trade secret disputes in the United States and China, including the dispute between SI Group and Sino Legend before the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) and Chinese courts, trends in U.S. District Court and ITC litigation in view of recent Supreme Court and Federal Circuit decisions, the basics of ITC investigations, how to establish a domestic industry to support an ITC Section 337 action, remedies before the ITC, and the emergence of post-grant proceedings before the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

Co-speakers included Commissioner David S. Johanson of the United States International Trade Commission, Joel B. Blank, Intellectual Property Attaché at U.S. Embassy in Beijing, Professor Ming Yang, Peking University Law School, and Professor Cui Guobin, Tsinghua University Law School Intellectual Property Law Center Director.