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Best Practices for Doing Business with IP (Intellectual Property) in China Training Course

An in-depth look at the Chinese IP system and how to navigate the complexities of the patent and trade mark application and enforcement processes.

15-16 May 2025
+ 10-11 November 2025 »

from £599

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Course overview

This course equips participants with a comprehensive understanding of best practices for managing intellectual property (IP) in China, including trademark and patent applications, as well as enforcement procedures.

Participants will gain a comprehensive overview of the Chinese IP system, including patents and trade marks, while exploring the broader landscape for doing business in China. 

The expert trainers will provide the knowledge and practical skills needed to build an effective IP strategy tailored to the Chinese IP landscape and navigate the complexities of the patent and trademark application processes. 

Key topics include:

  • Recent developments in Chinese patent legislation
  • Patent prosecution strategies
  • The enforcement of trademark and patent rights
  • Practical remedies for patent infringements

There will be time during the course to ask your specific questions to the expert panel. 

This course is part of our collection of IP & Patents Training Courses.

Benefits of attending

By attending this indepth course you will:

  • Gain and overview of the Chinese IP system (patents, utility models, trademarks)
  • Explore the landscape for doing business in China
  • Learn how to build an effective IP strategy for China
  • Get to grips with the patent / trademark application process in China
  • Examine developments of patent legislations in China
  • Master patent prosecution strategies in China
  • Consider the enforcement of trademark / patent rights in China
  • Discuss remedies for patent infringements in China

Who should attend?

This course has been specifically designed for:

  • Patent practitioners / managers
  • IP administrators
  • Business development managers
  • Technology transfer agents
  • Patent information specialists and analysts
  • Private practice patent/trade mark attorneys
  • IP lawyers and legal advisers
  • Senior leaders looking to set up facilities or sell products into China

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This course will cover:

Doing business in China

  • Contracts
  • Negotiations 
  • Cultural differences 
  • Building an effective IP strategy in China
  • Best practice

The IP system in China

  • Including China in your IP portfolio
  • Patent application process
  • Utility Model application process
  • Trade mark application process
  • Best practice 

Protecting your IP in China

  • Introduction to China’s IP protection landscape
  • Government authorities with IP-related responsibilities
  • Particular Chinese IP systems – patent, trade mark, copyright and more

Protecting your IP in China continued

  • Enforcement of IP rights in China
  • Best practices for protecting IP in China

Summary and final questions

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Ting Zhang
Crayfish.io

Ting Zhang is an expert in China's business and investment landscape with over 25 years of experience. Her expertise has been sought after by UK and European governments, businesses and think tanks. As the Founder & CEO of Crayfish.io, she is passionate about providing top-notch, reliable business advisory services, along with a comprehensive suite of business solutions, aimed at facilitating success not only in China but also on a global scale.

Ting's clientele encompasses FTSE100 corporations, as well as tech scaleups, UK universities, and UK/European government agencies. Additionally, she has served as a China Venture Partner for a leading European VC. 

Crayfish.io was first launched in 2017, as the go-to digital platform providing quality cross-border business services at transparent and affordable prices and serving SMEs all across UK and Europe. Since then Crayfish has evolved its business offerings portfolio to now include strategic consultancy and intellectual property commercialisation. 

As a thought leader, Ting regularly writes on cross-cultural communications and other important aspects of doing business between the West and China, and has been interviewed by main media in both UK and China. She holds an MBA from Cambridge Judge Business School. 

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XU (Ron) Jiansheng
Sphere Logic Partners

XU Jiansheng (Ron) is a co-founder and senior partner of Sphere Logic Partners (SLP), heading the firm's international and intellectual property practices. He also regularly provides strategic and counseling supports for some of China’s IP powerhouses, such as Sinofaith, PurpleVine and Wanhuida. Ron serves the diverse needs of multinational corporations, foreign-invested enterprises and Chinese domestic companies, providing them with inland and cross-border legal advices and business solutions, particularly with respect to intellectual property.

The SLP IP group under Ron’s leadership has since 1999 advised a legion of prominent IP owners from home and abroad representing various industries. He is passionate in nurturing tech startups and helping them build, protect, commercialise and scale their breakthrough innovations and valuable IP in the global market.

Ron is a current Deputy Director of All China Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Committee. He served for four years during 2013 and 2017 on the Executive Committee of the Lawyers Associated Worldwide. He is an adjunct faculty at Xiamen University School of Law. Ron co-authored International Business Law, the first-of-its-kind English language legal textbook in China, penning the Intellectual Property chapter. Ron is a fellow of the National Committee on US-China Relations Young Leaders Forum.

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Jane List
Extract Information Limited

Jane List founded Extract Information Limited, Cambridgeshire, UK, in 2013. Extract Information provides legal and industry focussed patent searching and reporting, IP management support for small companies, and product development consultancy for the information industry.  Jane previously worked in IP and information analyst roles at The Technology Partnership (TTP) plc, Xaar plc and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. She also worked in the information industry where she held commercial, content, and product development roles at Lighthouse IP, ProQuest, and DataStar. Throughout her career she has provided training in the management, retrieval and analysis of scientific, technical, medical, commercial and patent information, most recently through CIIPM where she developed the course in IP and Commercialisation. 

Jane has qualifications in Chemistry, Information Science, and IP Law, and was for ten years, until December 2023, Editor in Chief of World Patent Information (WPI)Journal.  She remains on the Advisory Board of WPI, and she is also on the Board of CEPIUG.

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NEW higher discounts for multiple bookings - bring your colleagues to make your training budget go further:

  • 30% off the 2nd delegate*
  • 40% off the 3rd delegate*
  • 50% off the 4th delegate*

Please contact us for pricing if you are interested in booking 5 or more delegates

15-16 May 2025

Live online

09:00-12:45 UK (London) (UTC+01)
10:00-13:45 Paris (UTC+02)
04:00-07:45 New York (UTC-04)
Course code 15573

  • GBP 599 699
  • EUR 839 979
  • USD 963 1,119

Until 10 Apr

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10-11 November 2025

Live online

09:00-12:45 UK (London) (UTC+00)
10:00-13:45 Paris (UTC+01)
04:00-07:45 New York (UTC-05)
Course code 15574

  • GBP 599 699
  • EUR 839 979
  • USD 963 1,119

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  • GBP 475
  • Per attendee, based on 10 attendees
  • Course tailored to your requirements
  • At your choice of location, or online

 

We can customise this course to your requirements and deliver it on an in-house basis for any number of your staff or colleagues.

Contact our in-house training experts Aleksandra Beer and Yesim Nurko to discuss your requirements:

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Aleksandra Beer

Aleksandra BEER
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Yesim Nurko

Yesim NURKO
Training expert

+44 (0)20 7749 4749

inhouse@ipi.academy