In the context of China’s Carbon Neutrality Policy, How to Efficiently Resolve Disputes Arising out of International Transfer of Green Technology?
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 8:30-11:00 AM CET (Webinar)
Language: Chinese
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center in collaboration with the Bluetech Clean Air Alliance (BCAA) is pleased to present a panel consisting of representatives from Beijing SDL Technology, Carbon Trust China and Shanghai Technology Exchange and technology-transfer practitioner from Zhong Lun Law Firm, who will discuss the key issues that arise when dealing with disputes relating to international transfer of green technology and know-how between Chinese companies and international collaborators.
In September 2020, China made a new climate commitment of reaching carbon neutrality by 2060, which will generate a market of over 120 trillion RMB in the power sector alone up to 2050. To fulfill the ambitious green development targets, China is in great need of advanced green technologies, which brings significant commercial opportunity for international technology owners and green investors. However, international green technology transfer and investment activities may encounter challenges related IP issues. How to find a good way to better settle the IP related disputes may significantly accelerate the paces of international green technology transfer, as well as China's progress on low carbon development.
The two-hour panel discussion will cover the issues concerning companies dealing with disputes arising from a) the negotiation and determination of the terms of international technology transfer agreements, and b) the implementation of international technology transfer agreements. A 15-minute Q&A session will be scheduled following the panel discussion.
The panel will be will consist of the following moderator and speakers:
Moderator:
Opening Remarks delivered by:
Panelists (Ranking in alphabetical order):
Mr. Ge holds a master's degree in Engineering from Beijing University of Chemical Technology. He served as project manager in Overseas Project Dept. of Beijing Zehua Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. Now he works as Investment Director of Beijing SDL Technology Co., Ltd. He focuses on investment in instrument& control, energy conservation& environment protection and low-carbon energy. In addition, he has operational experience on equity funds.
Mr. Ge was involved in leading and participating many equity investment cases which promote the synergy and development of company main business. He participated in quite a few technical cooperation projects including transfer of technology, joint R&D, OEM cooperation, etc. He is responsible for the post-investment management of subsidiaries and joint ventures dealing with making major decisions, business connections, internal audit, risk control, etc. Besides, he has taken part in public offering of Convertible Bonds, share buy-back and other securities affairs.
Mr. Ma is an equity partner at Zhong Lun Law Firm, Member of Licensing Executives Society (LES) China, and Distinguished Professor at the Lawyer Institute of the East China University of Political Science and Law. Mr. Ma is also on the List of WIPO Mediators.
From 2016 to 2021, Mr. Ma has been listed consecutively on the ‘IP Litigation Lawyers’ in Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific Guide, and the ‘LEGALBAND China Top Lawyers Ranking List’. He has twice won the ‘ALB China Top 15 IP Lawyer’.
Mr. Ma assists companies, both domestic and overseas, mainly in the areas of intellectual property, network data, data protection, compliance management, licensing transactions and dispute resolutions. He has acted as legal counsel in many well-known litigation cases, such as China’s first unfair-competition case concerning video scraping. His cases has been selected by the Supreme People’s Court and local courts as annual typical cases for multiple times.
Mr. Zhao currently serves as China Country Manager for Carbon Trust. He manages Carbon Trust’s China office and oversee all of its activities in China, including climate and clean energy policies, green finance, business sustainability advisory, green technology acceleration and investment, etc. Mr. Zhao joined Carbon Trust from the Energy Foundation China, where he was the Director of the Environmental Management Program. At Energy Foundation, he managed a portfolio of grants to support China in improving the environmental regulatory system, fighting against air pollution and achieving co-control of air pollution and carbon emissions. Mr. Zhao also worked as a Consultant/Auditor at Sinosphere, performing supply chain CSR audits for multi-national corporations. Mr. Zhao holds a MSc. Degree in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management from the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), Lund University (Sweden), University of Manchester (UK), and Central European University (Hungary), with support from the European Commission Erasmus Mundus scholarship. He holds a Bachelor of Philosophy from Peking University. He is a visiting scholar at China Energy Group of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2015), and a LEAD (Leadership for Environment and Development) Fellow (2006).