On 11^th - 12^th January 2025, under the auspices of Patent Protection Association of China and China Group Companies Association, the “2025 Enterprise IP Strategy Forum and Annual Conference of In-house IP Managers”, which is organised by Zhongguancun Intellectual Property Strategy Research Institute (ZGCIPSRI), jointly hosted by ZGCIPSRI Intelligent Industry Research Center and Intellectual Property Observers, is held in Beijing.

Featuring “Empowering High-quality Development”, the event is an annual gathering of the senior corporate executives, in-house counsels and IP managers. It offers a forum of discussion over how the corporate IP management strategies could align with the fast-changing economy landscape and the pivotal role IP plays in fueling high quality economic growth, with a focus on artificial intelligence and big data in IP applications and platform liability in copyright infringement.

The Forum brings together a full house of attendees, including prominent figures from government agencies, judiciaries, academia, in-house counsels as well as law practitioners.

In the evening of January 12^th, the IP Eagle Talents’ Night is held. The event unveils the winners of the “2024 Outstanding In-house IP Managers”, “2024 Outstanding IP Service Teams”, “2024 Outstanding Corporate IP Management Teams”, “2024 Most Recommended International IP Agencies”, among others.

Wanhuida IP Service Team is recognized as one of the Outstanding IP Service Teams in 2024. The firm’s Partner Yang Mingming accepts the prize on the podium. Partner Cai Ye also attends the event.

Yang Mingming (L7)

In the ensuing kickoff and launch ceremony of IP Eagle Talents, a total of 53 elites from universities, academies, businesses and law firms are retained as the training instructors of “Outstanding IP Practice Talents” (IP Eagle Talents). The firm’s partners Yang Mingming and Cai Ye are among the 53 instructors.

Cai Ye (L) & Yang Mingming (R)