<p style="text-align: justify;">　　<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">To help Qingdao enterprises avoid intellectual property risks and achieve high-quality development during their global expansion, the &quot;Breaking Barriers: The Era of Going Global&quot; practical lecture on foreign-related intellectual property risk prevention was successfully held on November 25, 2025. The event was hosted by the Qingdao Public Service Center for Small and Medium Enterprises and co-organized by Beijing DHH (Qingdao) Law Firm and Qingdao Enterprise Service Group Co., Ltd., attracting over 2,800 enterprise representatives to participate online and offline.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">　　The lecture featured Yang Tao, a lawyer from Beijing DHH (Qingdao) Law Firm, as the keynote speaker. Under the theme &quot;Foreign-Related Intellectual Property Protection&mdash;High-Quality Global Expansion and Implementation,&quot; he delivered an in-depth sharing session covering topics such as the types of intellectual property risks faced by enterprises going global, interpretation and application of international intellectual property rules, and comparisons of intellectual property protection mechanisms in typical countries/regions.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">　　Drawing on years of practical experience in foreign-related intellectual property, Lawyer Yang Tao analyzed real-world cases of trademark squatting and patent infringement encountered by enterprises during global expansion. He detailed practical strategies for overseas exhibitions and market expansion and provided targeted recommendations to help enterprises clarify the &quot;blind spots&quot; and &quot;challenges&quot; in intellectual property protection during their global journey.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">　　&quot;I used to think intellectual property protection was &#39;a slow remedy that couldn&#39;t address urgent needs,&#39; but after attending the lecture, I realized that early planning can help enterprises avoid many pitfalls,&quot; said one enterprise representative. The sharing session provided enterprises with a clearer understanding of intellectual property risk prevention in global expansion, and many expressed plans to improve their compliance systems based on their specific business needs.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">　　This lecture is an important part of the &quot;Empowering Enterprises, Boosting Development&quot; series organized by the Qingdao Public Service Center for Small and Medium Enterprises. It aims to provide professional legal guidance and build a &quot;safe harbor&quot; for enterprises going global. Future events will focus on topics such as cross-border compliance and overseas market expansion, offering more practical insights for enterprises.</span></span></p>

"Breaking Barriers: The Era of Going Global" Practical Lecture on Foreign-Related Intellectual Property Risk Prevention for Enterprises Successfully Held

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:16px;">On the afternoon of April 24, 2025, the &quot;Inauguration Ceremony of the Qingdao&nbsp;International Legal Service Workstation for Chinese Enterprises Going Global and&nbsp;Special Lecture on Intellectual Property Rights&quot; was successfully held in the Foreign-related Legal Affairs Zone of Qingdao Central Legal-services District. The event was jointly hosted by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Commercial Legal Service Center, CCPIT Qingdao Sub-Council, and the Foreign-related Legal Affairs Zone of Qingdao Central Legal-services District, with Beijing DHH (Qingdao) Law Firm serving as the supporting unit.</span></span><br />&nbsp;</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:16px;">Leaders from various units attended the event and delivered speeches. More than a hundred people, including staff members from different units, teachers and students from universities, and representatives of enterprises, participated in the event.&nbsp;During the special training session, Lawyer YANG Tao, Senior&nbsp;Joint&nbsp;Partner of DHH (Qingdao) Law Firm, served as a sharing guest. His sharing topic was &quot;Foreign-related Intellectual Property Protection: High-quality Expansion Overseas and Localization&quot;. Lawyer Yang provided strong legal support for Chinese enterprises going global by focusing on four aspects: the current situation of foreign-related&nbsp;IP protection, an overview of the foreign-related IP protection system, strategies for foreign-related IP&nbsp;protection, IP protection cases&nbsp;and inspirations.</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#696969;">The special training on intellectual property rights in this event not only provided valuable legal practical experience for Chinese enterprises going global but also further promoted the connectivity between lawyers and enterprises in the field of foreign-related intellectual property rights. The successful holding of this special lecture on intellectual property rights fully demonstrates the professional service capabilities of DHH (Qingdao) in the field of foreign-related laws and offers a reference for Chinese enterprises to deal with overseas legal challenges.</span></span><br />&nbsp;</div>
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