EPISODE 4:
US-China Trade War in a Presidential Election Year with Mark Cohen and Thomas Chia

China is a key market for important technologies such as 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning, and Blockchain. Despite the US-China Trade War and Covid-19, China remains a key part of many companies’ foreign filing strategies. A great deal of manufacturing is conducted by Chinese companies, so American companies with Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) must be prepared for cross-border negotiations. We heard a great deal about the US-China Trade War in 2019, but there has been little news coverage this year. What is the status? Have supply chains shifted? And what can we expect in this Presidential Election Year? Sandy Chan speaks with Mark Cohen, head of the Asia IP Project at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology at Berkeley Law School, and Thomas Chia, Senior Director of Patents at Via Licensing.

Special thanks to Tom Kepner at Murgitroyd for supporting IP Counsel Café’s Covid-19 relief donation.

Length: 31:31 minutes
April 13, 2020