The US Patent and Trademark Office’s China Intellectual Property (IP) Road Show comes to Silicon Valley, bringing together policy makers and thought leaders on China IP issues from the US government, academia, and practitioners—including local business people and IP experts—to share insights that will benefit US IP rights holders. The program is one of a series of China IP Road Shows that the USPTO is conducting across the United States.

Partner Jay Reiziss to present „IP Protection in China: What Silicon Valley Rights Holders Need to Know.“

Other topics to be covered include:

• Overview of Principal Intellectual Property Laws in China
• Enforcing Your Intellectual Property Rights in China
• Enforcing Your Intellectual Property Rights in the US
• Silicon Valley Businesses’ Experience with IP Protection in China

Location: US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Silicon Valley Regional Office

Andrea (Andie) Kramer and Lisa Linsky will present „Interrupting Bias in the Legal Profession: Strategies that Work at Work“ for the NAWL webinar series.

The US Patent and Trademark Office’s China Intellectual Property (IP) Road Show comes to Silicon Valley, bringing together policy makers and thought leaders on China IP issues from the US government, academia, and practitioners—including local business people and IP experts—to share insights that will benefit US IP rights holders. The program is one of a series of China IP Road Shows that the USPTO is conducting across the United States.

Partner Jay Reiziss to present „Strategies for IP Protection in China: What Oregon Rights Holders Need to Know.“

Other topics to be covered include:

• Overview of Principal Intellectual Property Laws in China
• Enforcing Your Intellectual Property Rights in China
• Enforcing Your Intellectual Property Rights in the US
• Silicon Valley Businesses’ Experience with IP Protection in China

Location: White Stag Block U of Oregon Law School

Marco Cerritelli will present „Infrastructure Financing and Sport Related Assets“ at the postgraduate master course organized by IL Sole 24 Ore Business School.

Topics include:

• Infrastructure financing for development or refurbishment of sport related assets
• EU and Italian legislative framework
• Rating agencies and bond financing techniques
• Contractual arrangements and negotiating techniques
• Case studies

McDermott Will & Emery partner Kevin Spencer spoke at the Tax Executives Institute, a global association of in-house tax professionals, on how to prepare and gather information for an IRS audit.

Topics discussed at the seminar included:

• Best practices to prepare for an audit
• Examination information gathering
• The ins and outs of information document requests
• International information gathering
• Administrative summonses
• IRS interviews and tours
• Privilege: attorney-client, work-product, and tax-practitioner
• Managing the statute of limitations
• Best practices to close and resolve an audit

William R. Pomierski will present „Notional Principal Contracts — Separating Fact from Fiction“ at the Private Investment Fund Tax and Accounting Forum.

Topics will include:

• What is the status of the proposed regulations?
• Is there a difference in how trader funds and investor funds are treated?
• Can the wait and see method still be used?
• How are bullet swaps treated under proposed regulations and does it matter?
• How should nonperiodic payments be treated?
• What is a termination payment and how is it distinguished from other payments?
• Impact of 871(m)
• Tax clauses in swap contracts

Timothy Shuman will present „Boxes, Triangles & Other Shapes: Structural Choices and Challenges“ at the 2017 TEI Mergers & Acquisitions Seminar — The Lifecycle of a Transaction: An Interdisciplinary Approach.

Topics will include:

• Strategic Business Considerations
• Due Diligence
• Documenting the Deal — Tax Contractual Provisions and Other Drafting Considerations
• Post-Merger Integration — Best & Worst Practices
• Selected Inbound & Outbound Issues

Julie Kwon presented „Putting the Fun in Fundamentals: GST Tax Planning Pitfalls & Pointers“ and „All in the Family: Evolution of Family Offices and Private Trust Companies.“

Lisa Richman is on the organizing committee for the Ukrainian Bar Association: Kiev Arbitration Days 2017 conference.

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Jiayan Chen will present „Opportunities & Lessons Learned: Implementing Precision/Personalized Medicine Informatics“ at the Learn Serve Lead 2017 AAMC Annual Meeting.

Topics will include:

• Challenges and examples of successfully implemented personalized medicine initiatives in academic health centers
• Complex context of implementing informatics capabilities supporting personalized medicine and share possible successful pathways forward for academic health centers
• Game-changing initiatives within academic health campuses