On July 24, 2022, the first plenary meeting and typical case seminar of the 7th Intellectual Property Professional Committee of the Taizhou Lawyers Association were successfully held at Zhejiang Liqun Law Firm. More than 60 people attended the meeting, including Xiang Jianhua, Vice President of the Taizhou Lawyers Association, Hu Mengzi, Vice President of the Intellectual Property Arbitration Court of the Taizhou Arbitration Commission, Jiang Xun, Deputy Director of the Taizhou Intellectual Property Protection Center, Ke Shunrui, Director of the Taizhou Hexin Notary Office, and all intellectual property committee members. The meeting was divided into two halves, presided over by Lawyer Wang Youfei, Deputy Director of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Municipal Law Association, and Lawyer Lei Lei, Deputy Secretary General.

1、 Speech by the responsible president

The meeting began with a speech by Xiang Jianhua, Vice President of the Taizhou Lawyers Association. He warmly congratulated the establishment of the new Intellectual Property Professional Committee.

  It should be a topic that the Intellectual Property Professional Committee should focus on and study.

Vice President Xiang Jianhua proposed that all members of the committee can take the establishment of this session of the Intellectual Property Commission as an opportunity to inherit the excellent traditions and practices of the past, continue to enhance communication and exchange with relevant departments, strengthen in-depth research and learning in intellectual property related fields, and thereby enhance the overall intellectual property legal service capacity of Taizhou lawyers, contributing wisdom and strength to the local economy and national development.

2、 Invited guests to speak

Hu Mengzi, Vice President of the Intellectual Property Arbitration Court of the Taizhou Arbitration Commission, gave a speech on stage, specifically introducing the situation of the Taizhou Arbitration Commission and the Intellectual Property Arbitration Court. He also reported on several key tasks of the Intellectual Property Arbitration Court in intellectual property arbitration, and hoped that the lawyers of the Intellectual Property Commission could pay attention to and support the work of intellectual property arbitration.

Jiang Xun, Deputy Director of Taizhou Intellectual Property Protection Center, introduced the specific situation of Taizhou Intellectual Property Protection Center and pointed out the need to assist small and medium-sized enterprises in enhancing their awareness of intellectual property protection and actively defending against intellectual property infringement risks. And it is emphasized that we hope to strengthen communication and cooperation between the Intellectual Property Commission, explore and explore effective ways to help enterprises build a strong intellectual property risk defense system.

Ye Sisi, a notary at the Hezin Notary Office in Taizhou City, introduced notarization and intellectual property protection from three aspects: the specific situation of the Hezin Notary Office, the main types of notarization services for intellectual property protection, and the role of notarization in serving intellectual property protection.

3、 Work Plan Notification

Our director and director of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Municipal Lawyers Association, Mao Lingjian, represented by lawyer Li Qun as the host, warmly welcomed the guests and all members of the Intellectual Property Committee, and expressed the hope that the next work of the Intellectual Property Committee can give all members and Taizhou lawyers a practical sense of achievement in improving and expanding their intellectual property business. Subsequently, Lawyer Mao briefed all attendees on the work plan of the current Intellectual Property Commission.

4、 Announcement on the Establishment of the Professional Research Department

The heads of each research department of the Intellectual Property Commission shall report on the preparation and work arrangements of each research department.

Lei Lei, Patent Law Research Department

Dai Zhenyu, Trademark Law Research Department

He Liangxiong, Legal Research Department of Copyright Law

Wang Youfei, Legal Research Department of Anti Unfair competition

Xiang Junyong, Legal Research Department of Trade Secrets

5、 Tea break

6、 Self introduction of committee members

The second half of the meeting kicked off with the self introduction of professional committee members.

7、 Typical Case Seminar

This meeting also held the first typical case seminar for all members. Lawyers Wang Linjiang, Xiang Junyong, and He Liangxiong shared the typical cases handled from three aspects: case introduction, dispute focus, and legal analysis.

Lawyer Wang Linjiang introduced and shared the "Horizontal Monopoly Agreement Case of Driving School Joint Venture", which was selected as one of the top ten intellectual property cases in Chinese courts in 2021.

Lawyer Xiang Junyong shared the theme of "How to Objectively Compare Appearance Patents - Starting from a Successful Case of Second Trial Adjudication".

Lawyer He Liangxiong shared the case of the second instance amendment of a dispute over the infringement of utility model patent rights by a sewing machine limited company in Taizhou against a sewing machine limited company in Taizhou.

During the seminar, members of the Intellectual Property Commission focused their attention and recorded the wonderful sharing of the three lawyers through photography, notes, and other means. They gained a deeper understanding of the three typical cases and increased their business knowledge and practical skills.

8、 Summary speech

Finally, Mao Ling, the director of the Intellectual Property Commission, gave a concluding speech to the lawyer.

Lawyer Mao Lingjian briefly reviewed the significance of sharing three cases, pointing out that they have strong typicality and practicality, reflecting the extraordinary achievements and excellent quality of Taizhou lawyers in intellectual property litigation cases. At the same time, he also pointed out the shortcomings and shortcomings of Taizhou lawyers in the field of intellectual property legal services.

He emphasized that intellectual property legal services should gradually extend from backend litigation business to front-end protection, not only providing litigation level intellectual property services in the backend, but also providing high-quality legal services in the front-end. Intellectual property legal services should not only be based in the domestic market, but also extend overseas. Taizhou is a major foreign trade city, and should provide intellectual property protection for Taizhou and domestic enterprises to enter the international market.

All members of this meeting demonstrated high levels of participation and enthusiasm, and expressed their significant benefits. The 7th Intellectual Property Professional Committee of Taizhou Lawyers Association will take this meeting as the starting point, conscientiously fulfill its duties, diligently fulfill its responsibilities, and contribute to the development of Taizhou's intellectual property lawyer business.