We have the pleasure to announce that Mr LIN Yasong, Barrister in China, Dr Marco Connor, Head of Patent Practice with Kirkpatrick, and Ms Dominique Kaesmacher, Chief IP Attorney and Head of Legal Department with Kirkpatrick, will give a series of lectures on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in China at the Brussels Institute of Contemporary China Studies (BICCS) at the VUB on Tuesday, February 5, 2008. The series of lectures covers :

• a general introduction to Intellectual Property (copyright, Trademarks, patents),
• a review of the proceedings to acquire these rights in China, and
• the administrative and judicial tools available in China and Europe to defend IPR against counterfeiters.