At 3:30 - 5:30 pm Monday May 22nd, 2017, the China Trademark Association Panel (CTA Panel) is held in Barcelona, Spain.

The CTA Panel, as part of the INTA annual meeting, features updates on the latest developments on China's trademark practice, from the perspective of prosecution, enforcement and litigation.

The Panel is unveiled by the welcome remark of INTA CEO Etienne Sanz de Acedo. Ouyang Shaohua, Deputy Counsel of the China Trademark Office (CTMO) and Li Zhijun, Deputy Director, Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) prepare the floor on the "Reforming Measures to Facilitate Trademark Registration" and "New Progress of Trademark Review since 2016".

WAN HUI DA Senior Partner Huang Hui serves as the moderator and facilitator of the "Trademark Protection from the Business Perspective" session. The session features speech and panel discussions on:

Update on IPR protection of the e-commerce platform - Ellen Lin, Senior Legal Director of JD Group

How to Protect IPR at Alibaba Platforms? - Lynn X.L. FU, Brand Protection Cooperation Director, Platform Governance Department, Alibaba Group

A Survey of the Judicial Protection of Trademarks in China - A Case Study of the Mega Data Analysis of the Trademark Lawsuits in China in 2016 - Pu Xiang, CEO, IPhouse

Redefine Domain Name Registration and Protection Mechanism from the Trademark Protection Perspective - Dennis Cai, President, Policy and Compliance, Domain Registry

New Strategy and New Model of IP Service in China under the transformation from Made-in-China to Branded-in-China - Kong Junmin, Chairman, CIPRUN

The Panel also addresses the "bad faith registration" topic.  Senior trademark practitioners from local IP intermediaries share their insights in this regard from both legislative and practical perspective.

Xiao Yun, Deputy Secretary General, CTA serves as the concluding speaker of the event.

WAN HUI DA Senior Partner Bai Gang and Partner Cindy Shu Qi Zhen attend the panel.

The Panel, which is organised by CTA, is co-organised by JD, Alibaba, WAN HUI DA, IPhouse as well as half a dozen other agencies.