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eCOMMERCE DAY of the Austrian retail association, under the motto "The Gamechanger"

On June 12, 2019, the eCOMMERCE DAY of the Austrian retail association took place in Studio 44 under the motto "The Gamechanger".

The full-day event „eCommerce Day“ #thegamechanger is the meeting place of the eCommerce industry and dealt with the current trends and challenges in online trading. One focus of the event was the cross border strategies in eCommerce.

Trade association president Stephan Mayer-Heinisch opened the eCommerce Day 2019 and reviewed the past 19 years since the first edition of the industry event. Much has happened since then: Facebook and Google...

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INTA 2019 in Boston

Starke participates in the INTA again this year. From our office, Daniel Albrecht and Chunmei Li will travel to Boston. We are looking forward to seeing our long-time international partners again. Use the opportunity and meet our experts and chat with them about your brand protection issues at INTA.

The INTA Annual Meeting is the largest and most influential gathering of brand owners and intellectual property (IP) professionals from around the world and from across industries. Join us for the 141st Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, May 18‒22, 2019, and you’ll leave with...

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Career Opportunities for Foreigners in China at UIBE

The UIBE Alumni Business Club (ABC), together with BeHive and The Beijing Center (TBC) hosted the UIBE International Career Fair Week in Beijing.

The event started at April 18, 2019, with a panel discussion about carries opportunities in China. The event attracted more than 80 students and 32 students and alumni watched the online stream.

Speakers:

James LaLonnde

James started his career as an early employee of Microsoft Japan and led the subsidiary's rise to the first billion-dollar revenue subsidiary of a software company in...

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Breakfast-on with Nicolas Bideau, Ambassador & Head of Presence Switzerland

At 15th February Starke Managing Counsel Daniel Albrecht took part at the Breakfast-on with Nicolas Bideau, the Ambassador & Head of Presence Switzerland. The event of the SwissCham Beijing was hosted at Roof Café Swiss Chalet @ Parkview Green Hotel. It was an very informative presentation and fruitful discussion.

In 2011, Nicolas Bideau has been appointed head of Presence Switzerland (PRS). Presence Switzerland is competent for the image of Switzerland abroad, and implements the strategy of the Federal Council on Switzerland’s communication abroad. On the basis of the Federal...

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HR Workshop: Effective Recruiting - Sourcing, Assessment Tools & Background Checks

The results of the latest AHK Business Confidence Survey (BCS) shows, that hiring qualified employees is still considered as one of the top challenges among German companies in China .

An inefficient hiring process going along with questionable individual judgements often ends up in the hiring of a not qualified or unsuitable employee. This will most likely increase your staff turnover, will cause in higher personnel cost and might also have a negative impact on the organizational performance. Therefore it is important to be aware of the typical...

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ILF Alumni meeting in Beijing

Yesterday our Managing Counsel Daniel Albrecht took part at the anual ILF Alumni meeting in Beijing . The Institute of Law and Finance is a center for academic excellence in teaching and research in the fields of law and finance. It was established in 2002 as a foundation of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with the support of many prominent institutions such as leading commercial banks, international law firms and regulatory authorities.

The ILF also provides a policy platform in the legislative process by offering forums for discussions and exchanges between...

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G40 IPR Summit 2018 in Beijing; speech about trademark registration in the European Union

Our managing counsel Daniel Albrecht delivered a keynote speech about trademark protection in Europe at the G40 IPR Summit 2018 in Beijing , at November 14, 2018. The event was organized by the IPR daily as closed door summit for Asia-Pacific IPR leaders.

The G40 IPR Leaders Closed-Door Summit is the first private invited closed-door summit in the industry. This year's G40 summit focused on the Asia-Pacific region, which has the most active economic development and is also a key strategic hub for international business competition.

The 2018 G40 Asia-Pacific IPR Leaders...

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Guangdong Intellectual Property Trade Expo 2018; speech about trademark registration in Austria and Germany

On November 7th 2018 our managing counsel Daniel Albrecht delivered successfully a keynote speech about Trademark registration in Austria and Germany at the Guangdong Intellectual Property Trade Expo 2018 . We are happy that the audience of about 200 IP professionals and government officials from the Greater Bay Area were so interesting in this topic. Special thx to our friends from the IPR daily for the introduction to this great event.

Under the approval of Guangdong provincial committee and government, the first Guangdong Intellectual Property Trade Expo was hosted in Guangzhou...

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Exclusive Breakfast with Swiss Parliamentarians from the Foreign Affairs Commission (FAC)

The SwissCham Beijing, in association with the Embassy of Switzerland hosted a highly exclusive breakfast with Swiss parliamentarians from the Foreign Affairs Commission (FAC), leaded by Mrs. Elisabeth SCHNEIDER-SCHNEITER, President of the Commission (CVP/BL).

The event was on October 23rd, 2018, at the Opposite House, Beijing. The session covered the topic of « Doing business in China ». Followed by a brief introduction by each participant, the business perspectives along with the impact of the Free Trade Agreement as well as the remaining challenges were discussed. The aim of...

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