Brian Thompson (5th from left), a 2L at Pierce Law, is reporting from the China Intellectual Property Summer Institute. He is one of 22 students from law schools across the United States and China are taking classes in Beijing and Xi'an while experiencing life in one of the most exciting countries in the world.
This week, we visited the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China. Officials from SIPO were joined by our host, Professor Bing Wang of the Tsinghua University, to share with us SIPO's strategic plan for 2008 and an overview of the patent process. We toured SIPO's massive office building where thousands of domestic and foreign patent applications are processed each year. We also toured Tsinghua department of technology. Students shared their projects and explained how Tsinghua is helping to expand technology throughout the country.
This week, we also finished our classes with Professor Dawn Nunziato of George Washington University. Professor Nunizatio provided a survey of intellectual property with a focus on cross-border jurisdictional, copyright and trademark issues. Pierce Law Professor Mary Wong also joined us this week for her third year teaching in the program. Professor Wong will be teaching Contemporary Issues in Copyright Law.
After nearly two exciting weeks in Beijing, we will be boarding a train to travel twelve hours to the ancient capital of Xi'an. Xi'an was the capital of China for nearly three thousand years and is one of the most ancient cities in China. In addition to taking classes in Xi'an, we will visit historic sites including the Terra Cotta Warriors and the City Wall.
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