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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

NYSIA International Council

Time:

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Location:

NYSIA Incubator, 55 Broad Street(between Beaver and Exchange Streets),10th Floor

Directions:

J, M, Z trains to Broad Street. 4,5 trains to Bowling Green. 2, 3 trains to WallStreet.

Admission:

Free for NYSIA Members, $20for non-members, $25 for walk-in non-members.

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Registration closes:

Tuesday, February 13,12:30 PM

Hong Kong Gives US Digital Media, IT FirmsTariff-Free, Special Market Access to China

American service companies evaluating theChina market today find surprisingly improvedconditions. IP-intensive service companies canbeneficially access the China market in waysnot previously possible. By positioning withHong Kong service companies, Americancompanies can take advantage of preferentialtreatment to the lucrative China market. HongKong is the entre point for IP property rightsprotection in a free trade and stronginvestment environment, as well as tariff-freeaccess to mainland China opportunities.Software and IT firms in many industries candirectly benefit: legal, accounting, medical,cultural entertainment, information technology, job referral agencies, patent & trademarkagencies, game creators, audiovisual,construction, distribution, banking, securities,transport, freight forwarding agencies,individually owned stores, airport services,management consultants, and other service-industry firms.Attend the next NYSIA International CouncilSeminar featuring legal, accounting, and

PanelistsIrene Chiu

, Associate, BusinessTransactions Practice, Morgan Lewis

Kevin He

, Associate, Intellectual PropertyPractice, Morgan Lewis

Louis Ho

, Director, New York Office, HongKong Trade Development Council

SIG LeadersAngelina Hsiaoping Jao

, President/CEO,TMGI, Inc.

Profile:Irene Chiu

Irene Chiu is an associate in the BusinessTransactions Practice. Ms. Chiu's practicefocuses on representing public and privatecompanies in mergers and acquisitions; advisingemerging growth companies and investors inventure capital financing; forming joint ventures,partnerships, corporations, and other forms of entity; and counseling clients on generalbusiness law and corporate & securities law.Ms. Chiu also represents and advisesinformation technology and life sciences clientsregarding collaboration, strategic alliances,licensing, intellectual property rights,outsourcing and commercialization of technologyassets; counsels manufacturing companiesregarding distribution and supply agreements;and negotiates clinical trial agreements fordomestic and international pharmaceuticalcompanies.Ms. Chiu has experience with clients doingbusiness in China and Hong Kong, including jointventures, wholly foreign-owned entities,manufacturing, licensing, distribution and supplyarrangements. Ms. Chiu is fluent in Chinese andpossesses a conversational level of Japanese.Ms. Chiu is admitted to practice in New Jerseyand New York.

Profile:Kevin He

Xin "Kevin" He is an associate in Morgan Lewis'sIntellectual Property Practice. Mr. He's practiceincludes intellectual property litigation, licensing,opinion work, and patent prosecution. He haslitigated many cases involving flash memorydrives, wide bandgap (WBG), light-emitting

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how to be entitled to the benefits offered aservice company, regardless of the nationalityof its investors or shareholders.diodes (LEDs), electronic watches, and PDAs, aswell as other technology areas such assemiconductor manufacturing processes,computer software, and telecommunicationsystems. Mr. He also advises clients onlicensing, opinion, and patent prosecutionmatters. His practice covers most areas of physics and electrical engineering, includingwireless telecommunications, digital signalprocessing, Internet technology, e-commerce,software, integrated circuits, business methods,fiber optics, lasers, nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR), and xerography.Mr. He, who is fluent in Chinese and English, isalso a member of the firm's Greater ChinaPractice and has represented multiple Chinesecompanies in their patent litigations in theUnited States.Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. He was apatent agent at a leading intellectual propertyboutique. Prior to that, he was a member of thetechnical staff (MTS) at Lucent Technologiesworking on software development of 3G CDMAwireless telecommunication systems.Mr. He received his J.D. from FordhamUniversity School of Law in 2005. He receivedhis Ph.D. and M.S., both in electricalengineering, from the University of Notre Damein 2001 and 1998, respectively. Me. He receivedhis B.S. in electrical engineering from TsinghuaUniversity, China in 1995.Mr. He is admitted to practice in New York andbefore the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Profile:Louis Ho

Louis Ho assumed his position as Director, NewYork Office, Hong Kong Trade DevelopmentCouncil (HKTDC) in 2001 following a career withHKTDC that spans more than 20 years. Early inhis career, Mr. Ho managed HKTDC'spromotional activities in emerging marketsincluding the Middle East, Africa and LatinAmerica.Mr. Ho has worked in HKTDC offices in London,Miami, Tokyo and Hong Kong. As Director, Japanhe developed and implemented trade strategiesbetween Hong Kong and Japan.Mr. Ho earned his BBA from Gonzaga Universityin Spokane, Wash. and attended the HarvardBusiness School Executive Program in HongKong.

Profile:Angelina Hsiaoping Jao

Ms. Jao's broad experience with economicdevelopment and global marketing has beengarnered from leading teams in both corporateand entrepreneurial positions. After severalsuccessful years in global data