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The 2017 Global Intellectual Property Ecology Congress was held in Beijing on November 18, organized jointly by IPRdaily and Capital Intellectual Property Services Association. Theme of this Event was “Establish the new partnership between Intellectual property agencies under ’One Belt and One Road’ initiative”.

Topics like new opportunities for IP, Ideas of IP cooperation under “One Belt and One Road” initiative; new future for IP, IP+Technology; IP capitalism, IP+Finance were discussed by the participants. GIPC 2017 invited 800 industrial elites from more than 300 companies of 15...

At 21st November 2017, Starke Managing Counsel Daniel Albrecht joined a working breakfast with the President of the European Patent office in the NUO Hotel of Beijing. As the patent office for Europe, EPO is an intergovernmental organisation which supports innovation, competitiveness and economic growth across Europe. The core activity of EPO is the search and examination of patent applications and the grant of European patents, while also providing patent information and training services. The organization works in close co-operation with the patent offices of European Union member states...

We are proud to announce that our Managing Counsel Daniel Albrecht have been successfully chosen as a winner of a 2018 International Advisory Experts Award. He won the award as:

Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year in China

International Advisory Experts is a global alliance of well-established and experienced legal, financial and consulting firms that are committed to providing clients with specialist solutions for their international business requirements.

The group currently has experts from over 140 jurisdictions and...

The AUSTRIA CONNECT Greater China 2017 took part from October 26 to 28th in Shanghai. The AUSTRIA CONNECT is a platform for networking with national and international participants to meet international experts, exchange ideas with fellow business people and talk to ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA office heads from the Greater China region. The conference was co-sponsored by go-international , a shared export-initiative of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber.

The motto of the annual conference was "Innovation, Opportunity and...

Switzerland Chamber of Commerce, SwissCham Beijing, together with the Israel Chamber of Commerce, IsCham , hosted a seminar with the title The Art of E-commerce: Your way into China on October 26th at IBCC- Israeli Business and Cultural Center at 798.

“15.5% of all retail sales, amounting to $752 billion, were transacted online last year — up 26.2% year-on-year.” ---China’s National Bureau of Statistics
“Over 500 million people reportedly engaged in online shopping in China in 2016. By 2020, it is estimated that e-commerce sales in China will surpass those of the...

IP in China and Beyond. At Friday, October 20, 2017 the International Trademark Associaton (INTA) hosted an seminar for young practitioners and trademark administrators at the China IP Training Center in Beijing (北京上地西街信息路6号环岛东南角). The seminar was hosted for young practitioners and trademark Aaministrators with less than five years of professional experience, or professionals with more experience who are accompanied by a young practitioner. The speakes gave an overview about the US, EU and Chinese trademark system and gave also practical advises about this topics. Starke took part at the...

On Thursday, October 12th, the Associatiof the German Automobile Industry (VDA) organized the second product safety day in China. Discussions included the legal framework of the recall campaigns of vehicles, before and after accidents. AQSIQ officials also reported on how to interpret new standards (for example GB / T 34402-2017) on the safety of vehicles in China, and specialists from the German automotive industry showed ways in which product safety measures can be implemented in the production process and how important herefore product saftey officers are. 130 experts from the...

Mr. Daniel Albrecht , Managing Counsel of Starke, took part in the “2017 China Arbitration Summit” in Beijing at September 20, 2017.

The “2017 China Arbitration Summit”, co-hosted by Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China(SPC) , China Council for the Promotion of International Trade(CCPIT) and China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission(CIETAC) , was held in Beijing on September 19-20, 2017. Being the most important event during China Arbitration Week, the China Arbitration Summit is a high standard conference in China and one of the most...

Zhongde Metal Group Co., Ltd. expands its business areas - the Jieyang Business Group will build further industrial cities in Guangdong Province, modeled on the Metal Eco City. Electromobility is the focus of the provincial capital of Guangzhou.

On behalf of the city government, the Zhongde Metal Group will develop a new automobile cluster in the existing Autocity " Guangzhou Huadu International Automobile Industry Base". The target group for the settlement are manufacturers and suppliers in the field of e-mobility and smart manufacturing.

The group hosted on Friday,...

Starke took part at the first China Austrian SME Conference in Jieyang. Nearly 60 companies from Austria joined the SME conference hosted by the China German Metal Eco City at September 14. 2017. ZhongDe Metal Group Co., Ltd . is the developer, investor and operating company behind Metal Eco City.

The Sino-German Metal Eco City (MEC) is an innovative industrial park, which will open up access to the Chinese market for German and Austrian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The MEC is located in the north of the large metropolis of Jieyang , at the heart of the southern...