ASIA/PACIFIC BUSINESS OUTLOOK CONFERENCE
EXPANDING YOUR ASIA PACIFIC
KNOWLEDGE, CONTACTS AND PROFITS
APRIL 7-8, 2014
LOS ANGELES
Thomas T. Moga
Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Washington D.C.
Thomas T. Moga practices in Shook, Hardy & Bacon's Intellectual Property Section, where he focuses on intellectual property and international business transactions. His experience in the arena of international intellectual property includes the development of domestic and foreign patent portfolios, the acquisition of registrations for trademarks and copyrights, licensing, litigation, dispute resolution and mediation, and policy development. Mr. Moga is an experienced patent prosecutor in the mechanical, chemical, biochemical and pharmaceutical arts and has been qualified and has testified as an expert witness in patent disputes.
In addition to his wide array of intellectual property work, Mr. Moga manages patent enforcement and anti-counterfeiting actions in Asia, including overseeing initial counterfeit product investigation, selecting and working with local investigators, selecting and working with local counsel, preparing administrative and judicial documents, and participating in raids. Mr. Moga also researched and prepared a section on IP laws and practice for country reports (China, South Korea, India) for a U.S. corporate client’s submission to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative as part of annual Sections 301 and 306 reviews. His China work also included assisting in the preparation of a report on counterfeit IP for the U.S.-China Commission.
Mr. Moga provided a pharmaceutical client with a review and analysis of rules and practice on data protection related to pharmaceuticals in Asian countries, most particularly China. He also had primary responsibility for the preparation of a white paper on the pharmaceutical market in China for a multinational drug company. In addition to IP-related sections on China’s compliance with the TRIPS Agreement, data protection, patent linking, compulsory licensing and enforcement, the paper also included discussions of China’s export controls, tariffs, drug regulation and distribution, healthcare, AIDS crisis, and pharmaceutical market. Mr. Moga also prepared a white paper on China’s establishment of IP aid centers that examined practices and policies related to local funding for patent litigation.
A frequent speaker on the TRIPS Agreement of the WTO and on global patent and trademark portfolio development and enforcement, Mr. Moga organized and participated in several intellectual property delegations to Asia, both governmental and non-governmental. He represented the American Intellectual Property Law Association at several Geneva meetings of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement. He was also invited by Chief Judge Randall R. Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to a recent meeting held in Washington, D.C., to discuss developments in innovation and intellectual property policy in China with representatives from the Congressional Executive Commission on China, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Mr. Moga has been involved in intellectual property training programs both at home and abroad. He spent the first half of 1997 as a Fulbright Scholar in China where he taught patent law at Jilin University and acted as a foreign advisor to China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO). He currently serves on the board of directors for the Fulbright Association, an organization that continues the Fulbright Program international exchange experience by promoting opportunities for life-long learning, collaborative networking, and service at home and abroad for alumni, supporters and friends of the Fulbright program. As an extension of his work with SIPO, he is currently the reviewer of the English-language version of the Commissioner’s Annual Report. In 1990, Mr. Moga was a visiting foreign expert in law at Xiamen University, China. He also worked as a foreign legal expert for a patent and trademark office in Taipei in 1983 – 1984.
In addition to his wide array of intellectual property work, Mr. Moga manages patent enforcement and anti-counterfeiting actions in Asia, including overseeing initial counterfeit product investigation, selecting and working with local investigators, selecting and working with local counsel, preparing administrative and judicial documents, and participating in raids. Mr. Moga also researched and prepared a section on IP laws and practice for country reports (China, South Korea, India) for a U.S. corporate client’s submission to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative as part of annual Sections 301 and 306 reviews. His China work also included assisting in the preparation of a report on counterfeit IP for the U.S.-China Commission.
Mr. Moga provided a pharmaceutical client with a review and analysis of rules and practice on data protection related to pharmaceuticals in Asian countries, most particularly China. He also had primary responsibility for the preparation of a white paper on the pharmaceutical market in China for a multinational drug company. In addition to IP-related sections on China’s compliance with the TRIPS Agreement, data protection, patent linking, compulsory licensing and enforcement, the paper also included discussions of China’s export controls, tariffs, drug regulation and distribution, healthcare, AIDS crisis, and pharmaceutical market. Mr. Moga also prepared a white paper on China’s establishment of IP aid centers that examined practices and policies related to local funding for patent litigation.
A frequent speaker on the TRIPS Agreement of the WTO and on global patent and trademark portfolio development and enforcement, Mr. Moga organized and participated in several intellectual property delegations to Asia, both governmental and non-governmental. He represented the American Intellectual Property Law Association at several Geneva meetings of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement. He was also invited by Chief Judge Randall R. Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to a recent meeting held in Washington, D.C., to discuss developments in innovation and intellectual property policy in China with representatives from the Congressional Executive Commission on China, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Mr. Moga has been involved in intellectual property training programs both at home and abroad. He spent the first half of 1997 as a Fulbright Scholar in China where he taught patent law at Jilin University and acted as a foreign advisor to China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO). He currently serves on the board of directors for the Fulbright Association, an organization that continues the Fulbright Program international exchange experience by promoting opportunities for life-long learning, collaborative networking, and service at home and abroad for alumni, supporters and friends of the Fulbright program. As an extension of his work with SIPO, he is currently the reviewer of the English-language version of the Commissioner’s Annual Report. In 1990, Mr. Moga was a visiting foreign expert in law at Xiamen University, China. He also worked as a foreign legal expert for a patent and trademark office in Taipei in 1983 – 1984.