China's Impact on Intellectual Property:   
Understanding the New Realities Within a Global Economy
                                                                           
March 2-3, 2006
8:00am to 6:00pm

Hyatt Regency Atlanta
265 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Tel: 404 577 1234    
Fax: 404 588 4137

The United States Patent and Trademark Office is sponsoring a two-day, free program on "China's Impact on Intellectual Property: Understanding the New Realities within a Global Economy", to be held on Thursday and Friday, March 2-3, 2006, at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:   Companies of any size, from those contemplating entering the China market to those with an established presence in China and including those who simply want to know more about better protecting themselves against IP theft from abroad.

TOPICS:  China’s laws and regulations that may affect how a business protects and enforces its intellectual property, how best to protect business assets to avoid intellectual property problems in the first place, how to recognize when an intellectual property asset has been infringed, what to do if infringement occurs, and what the U.S. government is doing to improve the intellectual property protection and enforcement environment in China.