Events

RISKS AND REWARD OF USING IP IN CHINA & EAST ASIA

You are invited: 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m., April 23rd, 2013

Join MIKIO ISHIMARU, JOE SIMONE and TROY RICE for a Roundtable Discussion on Tuesday, April 23rd at Ishimaru & Associates offices, 2055 Gateway Place, Suite 700, 95110, near the San Jose Airport. The one-hour presentation and discussion will be from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m., and lunch will be provided. The speakers will be available after the presentation to answer questions. Register here or call (408) 738-0592 for information.

IP protection remains a top priority for companies sourcing goods in China and East Asia as well as generating new IP through local R&D facilities. These countries are also now an increasingly important source of revenues from direct sales and IP licensing – but they are known as hotbeds of counterfeiting and pirating. Is it worth risking key technology to tap these markets? What are the pitfalls and how should they be handled?

U.S. and international IP practitioner, MIKIO ISHIMARU of Ishimaru & Associates, San Jose, will be joined by China/Asia practitioners JOE SIMONE and TROY RICE of Simone IP Services (SIPS Asia), Hong Kong, to share their experience and insights in a Roundtable discussion on these and other timely topics. The Roundtable format offers an opportunity for participants to share their own concerns and best practices on China/East Asian patent and trademark topics of interest.

TOPICS

IP Protection in China: Joe and Troy will provide an overview of the latest legislative developments impacting patent and trademark filing in China as well as enforcement strategies. They will also discuss best practices in enforcing trademarks and patents.

Illegal Patent Applications: Other countries under certain circumstances make the filing of the first patent application outside that country illegal. Mikio will discuss risks in filing patents in East Asia. Come and learn how to stay out of trouble.

SPEAKERS

Our speakers bring to the discussion over three-quarters of a century of first-hand knowledge of IP challenges in China and other East Asian countries, as well as in the US.

Mikio Ishimaru: Mikio already had extensive engineering and in-house legal experience when he founded the predecessor of Ishimaru & Associates in 1997. He has managed numerous law suits including patent, trademark, copyright, and product liability suits. Learn More

Joe Simone: Joe is the director and founding partner of Simone IP Services – IP Consulting and Trademark Agents in Greater China. He has worked in major international law firms since 1988, focusing mainly on the protection of IP in Greater China for multinationals. Learn More

Troy Rice: Troy handles the full range of IP matters in China and the U.S., including prosecution, enforcement, and IP support for commercial transactions. He has deep experience in management of IP licensing and agreements. Learn More

DETAILS & REGISTRATION

Location: Law offices of Ishimaru & Associates at 2055 Gateway Place, Suite 700, San Jose, CA 95110 near Airport Parkway and Highway 101

Date/Time: Check-in and lunch will start from 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, April 23rd; the the Roundtable starts at 12:00 noon and will last one hour.

Format: Roundtable, with presentations by each speaker followed by participant questions and comments

Register/More Information: To register by telephone, please call (408) 738-0592. For information on the presentation, please ask for Extension 719. Register by e-mail sent to china.desk@ishimaru.com or CLICK HERE

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday!

2) OPEN HOUSE

Join Ishimaru & Associates to celebrate our new offices and U.S. corporate/licensing and China practices

October 18th, 5:30 to 8:30 pm - 2055 Gateway Place, Suite 700, San Jose, CA 95110

YOU ARE INVITED! Come relax and enjoy food and drink with us at the new offices of Ishimaru & Associates at Gateway Place near the San Jose airport. The celebration will take place from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm on Thursday, October 18th, 2012. Meet the members of our firm and heads of our new U.S. corporate/licensing and China practices. Chat with other guests from Silicon Valley companies.

Please RSVP by CLICKING HERE.

3) HOT TOPICS – 5TH ANNUAL SEMINAR in San Diego

DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY, GLOBAL ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, AND IDEOLOGICAL DIVERSITY – HOW WILL SAN DIEGO REGION BE IMPACTED.

Join Allan Marson of Ishimaru & Associates who will be presenting with noted speakers, including Steven Austin of Swenson Advisors and Congressman Darrell Issa, in San Diego on October 16th for this informative update on global tends. Click Here to register.

4) APABA-SV IP Committee: Inaugural Event

This was the inaugural event of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association (APABA)-SV IP Committee. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren was present and gave an update about the new USPTO Satellite office. Congresswoman Lofgren was involved with the Online Piracy Act, the American Innovation in Manufacturing Act, the Amerasian Paternity Recognition Act among others.

When: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Where: Ishimaru & Associates, LLP, 2055 Gateway Place, Suite #700, San Jose, CA 95110, telephone 408-738-0592.

5) ANNOUNCEMENT: NEW LEGAL SERVICES

Ishimaru & Associates is pleased to announce that we have entered into association with Gina Grandolfo, adding her U.S. corporate, contract, intellectual property licensing and business transaction practices to the services we offer you. Gina provides efficient, cost-effective advice complementing our services in China and support our patent prosecution clients.

Gina has twenty years’ experience advising Fortune 500 companies and start-ups, as well as small and medium-sized businesses. She served as in-house counsel at Hyundai Electronics America, Inc. and Sun Microsytems, Inc. Representative clients of her legal practice include VMware, Inc.; Nextance, Inc.; Gemplus Corp.; Gemalto Corp.; NagraID, S.A., a Kudelski Group company; Rambus Inc.; Immersion Corporation, First American CoreLogic, Inc.; Tanis Communications, Inc.; 41 Marketing Group Inc.; Digital Nirvana, Inc. and Hudson Entertainment, Inc. Gina was Technical Editor for the Santa Clara Law Review while a student and later returned to Santa Clara University Law School as a teacher of Technology Licensing for seven years.

6) SEMINAR SLIDES:

JOINT VENTURE BOOT CAMP BREAKFAST BRIEFING

Working with partners in the People’s Republic of China

Held 9:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, May 8^th, 2012

Click below for the slides presented at the seminar:

CHINA JOINT VENTURE – WORKING WITH PARTNERS IN CHINA

Questions?

Please contact us at 408-738-0592 or China.Desk@ishimarulaw.com.

7) SEMINAR SLIDES:

LEGAL AND TAX ASPECTS OF USING IP IN CHINA (UPDATE), Bloomberg/BNA/CITE Annual China Tax Conference (March 20, 2012)