Jennifer Che, Vice President and Principal, spoke at MassBio Forum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US on the Latest China Patent Reforms & IP Strategies to the life sciences community in the Boston area. Jennifer also was a member of a larger panel of China IP experts for a Q&A discussion at Mass Bio after the talk.

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