Dave Kappos Speaks at Berkeley Center for Law and Technology’s Asia IP and Technology Law Project Webinar Series
June 17, 2020
Cravath partner David J. Kappos participated in two webinars during Berkeley Center for Law and Technology’s Asia IP and Technology Law Project webinar series. The sessions brought together leading intellectual property experts from the U.S. and China to analyze developments in U.S. and Chinese IP law. The “Pharmaceutical IP Issues” webinar, held on May 27, 2020, discussed the impact of the Phase 1 Trade agreement on Pharmaceutical IP protection and how China plans to implement its commitments to improve protection for innovative chemical compounds and biologics. The “Section 101 Comes to China: Is China Turning the Unpatentable into the Patentable” webinar, held on June 17, 2020, examined China’s expansion of patentable subject matter compared to the U.S. and its impact on the U.S. innovation ecosystem.
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