ABA-IPL International Advocacy

2020

• August 13, 2020 : Comments to People’s Republic of China on Draft Amendments to the Patent Law
• May 15, 2020: Letter to the European Commission in response to a request for comments on its White Paper on Artificial Intelligence – A European approach to excellence and trust.
• February 12, 2020 : Comments to the World Intellectual Property Organization on Intellectual Property Policy and Artificial Intelligence

2019

• July 18, 2019: Joint comments with the Sections of Antitrust Law and International Law to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on its Draft Guidelines on the Repeal of Subsection 51(3) of the Competition and Consumer Act of 2010
• February 5, 2019: Joint comments with the Sections of Antitrust Law and International Law to the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China on the draft Amendment of China’s Patent Law. 

2018

• January 31, 2018: Joint comments with the Business Law Section to the UNCITRAL relating to the Draft Practice Guide to the UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Transactions.

2017

• April 20, 2017: Joint comments with the Section of Antitrust Law and the Section of International Law to the People's Republic of China on the Anti-Monopoly Guidelines on Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights.
• March 24, 2017: Joint comments with the Section of Antitrust Law and the Section of International Law on the People's Republic of China Anti-Unfair Competition Law revised draft.

2016

• October 24, 2016: Comments to USPTO on Reformatted Trademark Declarations.
• April 21, 2016: Joint comments with the Section of Antitrust Law, the Section of International Law and the Section of Science & Technology Law to India's Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry on the Discussion Paper on Standard Essential Patents and their Availability on FRAND Terms
• February 9, 2016: Joint comments with the Section of Antitrust Law and the Section of International Law on the Anti-Monopoly Guideline on Intellectual Property Abuse (Draft for Comments) of China's National Development and Reform Commission
• January 12, 2016: Joint comments with the Section of Antitrust Law, the Section of International Law and the Section of Science & Technology Law on proposed amendments to the Korea Fair Trade Commission Review Guidelines on Unfair Exercise of Intellectual Property Rights

2015

• October 30, 2015: Joint comments with the Section of Antitrust Law, the Section of International Law and the Section of Science & Technology Law on revisions to the Korea Fair Trade Commission Review Guidelines on Unfair Exercise of Intellectual Property Rights
• October 15, 2015: Joint comments with the Section of Antitrust Law, the Section of International Law and the Section of Science & Technology Law on IP Misuse Antitrust Guidelines (Expert Questionnaire) of China's National Development and Reform Commission
• August 10, 2015: Joint comments with the Section of Antitrust Law and Section of International Law on the Canadian Competition Bureau's Draft Updated Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines
• April 30, 2015: Joint comments with the Section of International Law to the Legislative Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on the draft inventors remuneration regulations
• April 27, 2015: Joint comments with the Section of International Law to the People's Republic of China State Intellectual Property Office on draft amendments to China's patent law
• March 31, 2015: Joint comments with the Section of Antitrust Law and Section of International Law to the Canadian Competition Bureau on patent litigation settlement agreements
• February 13, 2015: Joint Comments with the Section of Antitrust Law, Section of International Law and Section of Science & Technology Law to the European Union on the European Commission's Consultation on Patents and Standards.
• January 29, 2015: Joint comments with the Section of Antitrust Law, Section of International Law and Section of Science & Technology Law to the Electronic Intellectual Property Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China on the draft template for inter partes review policies in industry standards organizations.

2014

• September 11, 2014: Joint comments with the Section of International Law on BILL C-31, Part 6, Division 25 which recently enacted amendments to the Canadian Trade-marks Act
• August 29, 2014: Joint comments with the Section of Antitrust Law and the Section of International Law to the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China on the interpretations of the Supreme People's Court on certain issues concerning the application of law in the trial of patent infringement cases.
• August 15, 2014: Joint comments with Section of Antitrust Law and Section of International Law on public comment draft of the Supreme People's Court's Decision on Revising Application of the Law in the Hearing of Patent Dispute Cases
• June 13, 2014: ABA-IPL joint Comments with Section of International Law to Canadian legislature on amendments to the Canadian Trade-marks Act

2013

• September 26, 2013: Comments to the European Union on the 15th Draft of the Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court
• May 16, 2013: Joint Comments to the European Commission on Draft Proposal for a Revised Block Exemption for Technology Transfer Agreements
• January 22, 2013: Joint ABA-IPL Comments with ABA Section of International Law on the Draft Regulatory Measures on National Standards Involving Patents (interim) for the People's Republic of China

2012

• December 3, 2012: Joint comments with the Section of International Law to the People’s Republic of China on the draft inventors’ remuneration regulations for the People’s Republic of China
• September 7, 2012: Joint comments with the Section of International Law to the Peoples Republic of China on revisions to patent law
• June 8, 2012: Joint comments of the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law and Section of International Law on the draft amendments to China's copyright law

2011

• October 21, 2011: Joint comments of the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law and Section of International Law on the request for comments from the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council on the proposed trademark law

2010 and Prior

• September 12, 2006: Joint Comments on Proposed Third Amendments to PRC Patent Law.
• September 27, 2004: Letter to WIPO Concerning the International Filing Fee of the Patent Cooperation Treaty
• January 20, 2004: Joint Comments on the Report of the Study Group on the Antimonopoly Act of Japan
• November 25, 2003: Joint Comments on European Commission Proposed Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation
• November 19, 2002: Letter to US Trade Representative, Concerning the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health
• November 8, 2001: Letter to US Trade Representative, Concerning the Agenda for the WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha
• November 5, 2001: Letter to US Trade Representative, Doha, Qatar