Dear Members,

Recently, the successful case of protecting the rights of the packaging and decoration of the famous products of Bitzer has attracted widespread attention.

In response to the expectations of our members, the Best Practices/Enforcement Committee (BPEC) has invited Zhang Zhen from Bitzer and Frank Liu from Emerson to share their experience focusing on typical infringers in the industry on March 9th via online. The topics as following:

Topic 1: Battlefield of Anti-Unfair Competition in Industrial Section

Manufacture entity, sales body and distributors jointly conducting various unfair competition conducts are currently typical infringement status often seen in industrial sector. I would like to share the experiences and thoughts of this case mainly from the following aspects: 1. Evidence collection & presenting and demonstration for trade-dress claim; 2. Demonstration of joint infringement; 3. Compensation amount.

Manufacture entity, sales body and distributors jointly conducting various unfair competition conducts are currently typical infringement status often seen in industrial sector. I would like to share the experiences and thoughts of this case mainly from the following aspects: 1. Evidence collection & presenting and demonstration for trade-dress claim; 2. Demonstration of joint infringement; 3. Compensation amount.

Topic 2: Infringement behaviors Evolution of the Infringers

Based on the IP protection history during the past 10 years between the IP owner and the infringer, analyze the evolution of the infringer's infringement behavior at different stages, from simple to complex, from trademark infringement to unfair competition, from brands to technologies.