Our principal Yolanda Wang joined the Inspo Talk “The Intersection of IP and ESG” with Annie Tsoi, Secretary General of AIPPI, as speakers at the BIP Asia Forum 2021. Topics discussed included how does IP and ESG related, suggestions on how to approach IP and ESG, ESG performance, and how should SME and startups react to ESG and preferably using IP.
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25 October 2018Inventions made in China Most foreign companies with R&D sites in China are aware of the fact that inventors having inventions made in China have to obtain permission before they can file patent applications outside of China for these Chinese inventions. It doesn’t matter if the owner of the business is a foreign entity. Patent […]
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