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icy Watch: Brief Analysis of the Intellectual Property Sections of Three Influential International Trade Agreements and one Bilateral Trade Agreement

President?? Message
隡???渲?

Dear Members, 鈭脩??????,

The following essay provides a brief analysis of the intellectual property ??髡蝞?閬?????銝?蔣??晴?????????銝??颲寡晴???霈??
sections of three influential international trade agreements and one bi- ?亥?鈭扳??典?嚗???????餈??頝典云撟單?隡?撈?喟頂??????
lateral trade agreement: Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for 隞乩?蝞?蝘售??PTPP???????葉??犖瘞??????踹?????拙?
Trans-Pacific Partnership (hereinafter, ??PTPP??), the Economic and ????賣?摨??瘚?晴???霈????隞乩?蝞?蝘售??TA??????????
Trade Agreement between the Government of the People?? Republic of China ?券?蝏??隡?撈?喟頂??????隞乩?蝞?蝘售??CEP???隞亙???葉
and the Government of the United States of America (hereinafter, ??TA??), 甈批??Ｘ?韏??摰????隞乩?蝞?蝘售??AI?????
the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (hereinaf-
ter, ??CEP??), and the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Invest- ??髡???蝛嗆?????典?????賢?隡??霂?漣??????銝餃葉??
ment (hereinafter, ??AI??) ???蝢??????????????隞亙?隞???函?蝢??摰???拐???
?????撖潔?摰??????冽?撖孵?????????賑銝??????其?
The analysis was performed under the guidance of our IPR Committee 韐∠?銵函內銵瑕???陝????
Chair and member of our Board of Governors, Dr. David Buxbaum
and his firm, Anderson and Anderson. I am most grateful to David for ???蝢????????撅?????霂?漣??????憭?僑?乩??渲???
his generosity and contributions to our business community. 鈭???冽?????典??亥?鈭扳?靽????葉?質?撟湔??函?霂?漣??
憸?????瘜???扯????敺??憭扯?撅??撠文????餈?葉?賢?摰?
Our Chamber, through its IPR Committee, has for many years led ?典?鈭????瘚瑚誑??嘀撌??蝡??霂?漣??????餈??鈭??隞??
the way in helping to bring about effective IPR protection in China. 霂湔???之????????銝?銝暹?甇�??典??亥?鈭扳?蝥?熒?????
While China has made substantial progress in the areas of legislation 鈭抒???之??蔣?????鈭??餈?90%???霂?漣??葵獢?????銝颱?
and enforcement, we were highly encouraged by China?? decision ??蛹銝??隡??嚗??隞??靽∠?霂?漣????Ｙ?霈曄?嚗??隞????
that established intellectual property courts in Beijing, Shanghai, and 鈭???賭?銝????????鈭?葉?賭?銝????????賢?隡??銝?憒?
Guangzhou. This move is already having a significant impact on the ad- ?Ｗ?隡?????銝???亥?鈭扳?瘜??瘜????????蝖?????唬縑
judication of IPR disputes in China. With more than 90% of IPR cases ??? 隞亙葬?拇????隡??隡???其葉?賜???????撅???
filed involving Chinese companies against Chinese companies, the in-
tellectual property courts are benefiting foreign and Chinese companies
alike. AmCham South China will continue to disseminate accurate and
up to date information on China?? IPR developments to help our mem-
bers expand and grow in China.

Dr. Harley Seyedin ????Ｚ?鈭????ㄚ
President, American Chamber of Commerce in South China ???蝢????? 隡??
Winner of the 2017 Oslo Business for Peace Award (together with Elon Musk) 2017撟游孕??????靽??撟喳? ?瑕??? (????瑕???????????
Awarded by the Award Committee of Nobel Laureates in Peace and Economics 撽????)
Among fewer than 20 individuals in 230 years to be awarded the ?梯?韐????像憟??蝏??憟??摰∪???????
Thomas Jefferson initiated Peace Through Commerce Medal by the US 蝢??????券???????銝????像憟????銝鳴??望?撽???唳?
Government ?? The Highest civilian honor awarded by the US Depart- ???????喃?230撟湧?嚗??????瑁?憟????葵鈭箔?頞??20
ment of Commerce 雿??
Visiting Scholar, Jinan University ?典?憭批? 霈輸?摮???
President, Allelon Energy Partners ?踵?樴??皞? ?餉?

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