Eiger Law’s Marcus Clinch chaired and presented at the Taiwan Alcohol Industry Policy Seminar on 24 June 2010. The Seminar was organized by the European Chamber of Commerce Taipei’s Beverage Alcohol Committee in cooperation with the Importers and Exporters Association of Taipei. The Seminar provided the industry with a unique opportunity to hear from regional and international experts on beverage alcohol policy.

Eiger Law partner John Eastwood chaired a roundtable luncheon meeting of the ECCT IPR Committee on June 15, 2010, featuring Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) Deputy Director Margaret Chen, along with prosecutors Chih-Hung Chiou and Tzung-Chih Lin from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ). Deputy Director Chen has headed up Taiwan's IP enforcement policy efforts for the past few years and will be stepping down June 30, 2010. Prosecutor Chiou has headed up IP criminal enforcement matters at the MOJ and will be heading shortly to a visiting scholar position at Stanford University in the United States, at which point Prosecutor Lin will move into his role. The roundtable format for the meeting gave participants a unique opportunity to get the valedictory thoughts of two long-serving key IP-enforcement officials in Taiwan's government and a chance to meet a new key contact. Participants included Deputy Head Tamas Maczak of the European Economic and Trade Office, Martin Hiesboeck of the Austrian Trade Delegation and chair of the IPR Market Access Team, as well as Eiger Law's Eve Chen, Marcus Clinch, Cammi Rao, Michael Werner and Michael Hsieh.

Photo caption: Eiger Law resident partner Eve Chen discusses IP matters with MOJ Prosecutor Chiou.

Eiger Law's Anh Huynh and Tian Xu were invited to attend the event organized by Greater Zurich Area (www.greaterzuricharea.ch) on 1 June at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. This event addressed the topic of Switzerland as a springboard for the investment in Europe, featured presentations and discussions among experts in various areas and the participation of a number of distinguished guests including Ms. Corine Mauch (the Mayer of Zurich), Mr. William Frei (the General Consul of Switzerland in Shanghai) and Ms. Flavia Schlegel (the Chairwoman of Swissnex). Eiger Law's Ms. Anh Huynh was invited as a legal expert to participate at its panel discussion.