On July 24 - 26, 2025, the 2025 AIPPI China Youth IP Dialogue, which is hosted by AIPPI China, in combination with Hohhot International Chamber of Commerce, is convened in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia.

 

Themed “The Dynamics of Industrial Innovation and Market Order”, the event is dedicated to hone the professional competence and communication skills of young practitioners, which will be the backbone in improving future global intellectual property governance.

 

The event features 12 parallel sessions, covering an array of hot-button topics like AI & Industrial Innovation, Bad Faith in Confirmation of Trademark Right, Trademark Enforcement Strategies under the New Circumstances, Roadmap to High Quality Patents, Patent Challenges in Emerging Technologies, Global Governance of SEP and China’s Role, Patent Issues in Pharma and Chemical Fields, Overseas Patent Filing Strategies & Practices, Common Grounds for Trademark Refusals & Response Strategies, Pharma Patent Linkage & Patent Term Compensation, as well as Effective Design Protection: Less is More.

 

Wanhuida Intellectual Property sponsors the event.

 

Sun Weifeng, the firm’s Senior Associate, moderates the Session of “Roadmap to High Quality Patents”. Xia Yunjie, Patent Attorney shares insights on “Partial Design Filing Strategy”. Lv Qiutong, Trademark Attorney dissects the reasonable scope of trademark registration from a case law perspective. Xiang Linlin, Trademark Paralegal speaks on “Well-known Trademark Protection in Civil Infringement Proceeding under the New Circumstances”.

 

Sun Weifeng, Lv Qiutong, Xia Yunjie & Xiang Linlin (Clockwise)

 

In the competition of outstanding moderators and speakers, Lv Qiutong and Xia Yunjie win the Second Prize and Third Prize of the Outstanding Speaker Award.

 

The firm’s Partner Wang Rui acts as a member of the judging panel in her capacity of council member of AIPPI China.

 

Xiang Linlin, Lv Qiutong, Wang Rui, Sun Weifeng & Xia Yunjie (L to R)

 

The event attracts around 140 participants including judges from the China Supreme People’s Court, examiners from the China National Intellectual Property Administration, corporate in-house counsels as well as representatives from IP firms and industrial bodies.