On the 22nd September, the Intellectual Property Office’s China team will run another webinar for UK businesses and rights owners. Guest speakers will provide practical tips on how best to protect and enforce your IP in China’s online and offline marketplaces.

For this session, we will be joined by Mick Ryan, Director of Brand Protection, Platform Governance at Alibaba. Mick will introduce the Alibaba’s intellectual property protection portal (“IPP”), which covers all of the company’s platforms. He will also introduce the newly launched “Simp’Ali” tool, which enables SMEs to navigate and more easily use the IPP.  


The session will also feature Sophia Liu, Senior Associate at Gowling WLG. Sophia works on the frontline of IP enforcement in China, helping a wide range of foreign companies to protect their IP rights both online and offline.

 

Mick Ryan Director of Brand Cooperation, Alibaba Platform Governance - Alibaba Group Mick’s team is responsible for supporting IP rights holders to enforce their rights as effectively as possible on Alibaba’s various e-commerce platforms. This includes companies which are developing brand protection strategies using Alibaba tools such as the Intellectual Property Protection platform (the IPP), and those bringing cases for offline enforcement to Chinese authorities. Starting in late 2020, Mick’s team launched “Simp’Ali IPR Cooperation”, which aims to make enforcement as streamlined as possible for SMEs.

 

 

 

 

 

Mick Ryan

Director of Brand Cooperation, Alibaba Platform Governance - Alibaba Group

Mick’s team is responsible for supporting IP rights holders to enforce their rights as effectively as possible on Alibaba’s various e-commerce platforms. This includes companies which are developing brand protection strategies using Alibaba tools such as the Intellectual Property Protection platform (the IPP), and those bringing cases for offline enforcement to Chinese authorities.

Starting in late 2020, Mick’s team launched “Simp’Ali IPR Cooperation”, which aims to make enforcement as streamlined as possible for SMEs.

 

Sophia Liu Senior Associate - Gowling WLG Sophia Liu obtained her LLM degree from the University of Hong Kong (majoring in Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law). She has extensive experience in litigious and non-contentious experience in a variety of areas of intellectual property, including pursuing civil action before courts, administrative complaint at Intellectual Property Bureau and managing and assisting with administrative/PSB raid action.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sophia Liu

Senior Associate - Gowling WLG

Sophia Liu obtained her LLM degree from the University of Hong Kong (majoring in Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law). She has extensive experience in litigious and non-contentious experience in a variety of areas of intellectual property, including pursuing civil action before courts, administrative complaint at Intellectual Property Bureau and managing and assisting with administrative/PSB raid action.

 

Xinyun (Max) Jiang Senior Intellectual Property Officer, China Attaché Team - British Consulate-General Shanghai Based in Shanghai, Max joined the China Attaché team of the UK Intellectual Property Office in August 2018. As the Senior Intellectual Property Officer, he leads the Attaché team’s business-focused activities, briefing British stakeholders on the IP landscape in China and providing strategic 1-2-1 IP advice. Before joining the UK Intellectual Property Office, Max worked in the Department for International Trade as Senior Trade and Investment Officer for the Retail and Consumer sector.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Xinyun (Max) Jiang

Senior Intellectual Property Officer, China Attaché Team - British Consulate-General Shanghai

Based in Shanghai, Max joined the China Attaché team of the UK Intellectual Property Office in August 2018. As the Senior Intellectual Property Officer, he leads the Attaché team’s business-focused activities, briefing British stakeholders on the IP landscape in China and providing strategic 1-2-1 IP advice. Before joining the UK Intellectual Property Office, Max worked in the Department for International Trade as Senior Trade and Investment Officer for the Retail and Consumer sector.

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