On the afternoon of April 27th, “The Belt and Road” Intellectual Property and Brand Development – 2018 Innovation Forum (the “Forum”) was held at the Hotel Double Tree by Hilton. The Forum was jointly hosted by the Patent Protection Association of China, the Shanghai Pudong Intellectual Property Office, the Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Society and the Administrative Committee of the Shanghai Zhangjiang High-tech Park, and was organized by the Shanghai Pudong Intellectual Property Association and other related entities.

The Forum invited domestic and overseas experts to center on the strategy of “an intellectual property power” against the globalization background and conduct in-depth discussions regarding how to promote the development of brand economy and drive the innovation industry locomotive to expedite towards “The Belt and Road”, as supported by the core competitiveness of intellectual property rights.

Watson & Band’s Senior Founding Partner Shenmin Xu and Partner Cathy Wu were invited to attend the Forum, where they had communications and discussions with other attendee guests regarding the Forum’s topics.