Prof. Hugh C. Hansen, the Director of the Emily C. and John E. Hansen IP Institute at Fordham Law School and Prof. Daryl Lim, the Fordham Microsoft Professorial Fellow and Director of the John Marshall Law School IP Center, visited China in January giving public lectures at two universities and visited courts and companies. 

We just learned that the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court released this statement in February in Chinese about our visit. The Court said, inter alia, “the two sides conducted in-depth exchanges on the judicial protection mechanism of intellectual property rights and the calculation method of infringement damages.” This is a Google translated, slightly edited version:

US Intellectual Property Law Expert Visits Shanghai Intellectual Property Court

Professor Hugh C. Hansen, Director of the Fordham Law School Intellectual Property Institute and Professor Daryl Lim, Director of the John Marshall Law School IP Center, visited the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court. President Ling Song and Judges Lu Fengyu and Chen Yaoyao received the guests.

Professor Hugh Hansen and his party visited the Litigation Service Center, Court, and Mediation Room and had a discussion with judges of our court. President Ling Song then explained the establishment, staffing, case jurisdiction, and work measures of the Court.

The two sides conducted in-depth exchanges on the judicial protection mechanism of intellectual property rights and the calculation method of infringement damages.

Professor Hugh Hansen expressed his gratitude to the Court for the warm reception. He said the work of the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court was impressive and he was very willing to further strengthen the exchange in order to share the experience of judicial protection of intellectual property rights and improve the level of intellectual property protection.