The 20th China Intellectual Property and Innovation Summit (CIPIS) was successfully held in Shanghai from April 18 to 19, 2024. Director Cheng Miao of Cheng & Peng Intellectual Property Law Office and two senior partners Tang Li and Liu Guangming attended the summit.

At this summit, Mr. Miao (Daniel) Cheng, as a guest speaker at the pharmaceutical session on April 19, took the theme of "Challenges Facing Global Patent Family Management" and made an in-depth analysis of the challenges currently facing global patent family management.

Miao (Daniel) Cheng’s speech covered: the difficulty of global coordination of patent families due to differentiated legislation in different countries; the difficulty of cost control due to rising official fees and complicated billing rules; the challenges posed to IP management by national security clauses, biosafety laws and personal data protection; and the practical issues faced by global patent management such as claiming priority, inventorship, and IDS.

Miao (Daniel) Cheng's speech was closely linked to global patent management practices, with rich and detailed content and easy-to-understand explanations, which was highly praised by the participants.

As one of the most influential intellectual property industry events in the Asia-Pacific region, CIPIS, with the theme of "Global Vision, China Focus", has attracted the attention of many corporate management.