MacDonald Illig Partner Jon Woodard recently represented the Firm at the China Intellectual Property Symposium in Shanghai, China from June 24-27, 2011. The Symposium, co-organized by the All-China Patent Attorneys Association (ACPAA) and the Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI), addressed several topics highly pertinent to MacDonald Illig's Intellectual Property (IP) clients, including the latest patent, trademark, and copyright developments in IP systems of China and various other foreign jurisdictions, procedural strategies for creating and maintaining international portfolios of protected technology, and the enforcement of foreign IP rights.
Mr. Woodard is a Registered Patent Attorney and a member of MacDonald Illig's Intellectual Property Group. He focuses his practice on various areas of Intellectual Property, including US and international IP. His practice has included extensive experience with international IP systems such as the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), Paris Convention (patents & designs), Berne Convention (copyrights), Madrid System (trademarks), European Patent Organization (EPO), the European OHIM (designs & trademarks), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and several foreign national IP & patent offices.
A graduate of Penn State-Dickinson and Miami University of Ohio, Mr. Woodard served as a Senior Editor of the Penn State International Law Review and was a recipient of Penn State's Richard Reeve Baxter Award for International Law and the Franklin Pierce Law Center's European Constitutional Law Award. Mr. Woodard's published works have appeared in the international law reviews at Penn State-Dickinson, Georgetown, and UNC Chapel Hill. He currently serves as Chairman of the Northwest PA Chapter of ASM International.
Mr. Woodard is a Registered Patent Attorney and a member of MacDonald Illig's Intellectual Property Group. He focuses his practice on various areas of Intellectual Property, including US and international IP. His practice has included extensive experience with international IP systems such as the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), Paris Convention (patents & designs), Berne Convention (copyrights), Madrid System (trademarks), European Patent Organization (EPO), the European OHIM (designs & trademarks), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and several foreign national IP & patent offices.
A graduate of Penn State-Dickinson and Miami University of Ohio, Mr. Woodard served as a Senior Editor of the Penn State International Law Review and was a recipient of Penn State's Richard Reeve Baxter Award for International Law and the Franklin Pierce Law Center's European Constitutional Law Award. Mr. Woodard's published works have appeared in the international law reviews at Penn State-Dickinson, Georgetown, and UNC Chapel Hill. He currently serves as Chairman of the Northwest PA Chapter of ASM International.