The webinar “IP Protection in Biomedicine Industry – Episode 2” hosted by the EUCJIC and co-organized by the China IP SME Helpdesk funded by the European Commission, Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone Administration and ENRICH in China - SPI- Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação, was successfully held online on the afternoon of 26th May Beijing time.
Focusing on the "New Practices in IP Protection and Regional Opportunities”, the webinar was hosted by Ms. Shasha Zhang, Deputy Director of the EUCJIC. Mr. Patrick Nijs, Co-founder of the EUCJIC and former Belgium Ambassador to China, delivered the welcoming speech.
Mr. Matias Zubimendi, IP Business Advisor at the China IP SME Helpdesk in Beijing, introduced the differences in the pharmaceutical IP protection system between China and Europe through his topic "Challenges and Innovations of European Enterprises Under the Reform of China’s Pharmaceutical IP System”. He also offered specific measures to the European enterprises that intend to enter the Chinese market.
Dr. Wu Li is a Senior Partner of Lifang Law Firm, also the Chambers Recommended IP Lawyer, Asia-Pacific Guide (2021, 2022) the ALB China Top 15 IP lawyers (2019) and the Recommended IP Lawyer in China-Legal 500 (2019) award winner. He introduced current implementation of Patent Linkage System in China with Practical Cases. He also analyzed typical problems in implementation of the patent linkage system and its future prospect.
Dr. Peter A. Bootsma is the Former Counselor for Health, Welfare and Sports at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to China who later took the post as the Senior International Officer of Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone. He introduced the “Policies of Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone” and recent achievements of the Pilot Zone. The Pilot Zone is currently offering the most updated preferential policies in China to attract foreign investments in the healthcare industry.
Dr. Wang Jiawei, representing webinar co-organizer ENRICH in China, spoke shortly on the importance of the IP protection to international technology cooperation.
At the end, Ms. Shasha Zhang shared the closing remarks from Joe Huang, the IP expert from the EUCJIC after the Q&A session.
This webinar was live broadcasted through our official WeChat account and received over 13,000 "likes". In the future, EUCJIC will continue to invite renown experts to discuss hot topics and share insights in international innovation and cooperation. Please stay tuned to our official Live Stream Channel.
