Asia
Foreign firms push IP for China incursionlaw Firms are wasting no time in putting China high on their agendas for 2007. The bustling Shanghai legal market is particularly busy and a number of firms have already launched offices there this year. Within just seven days US firms Foley & Lardner, McDermott Will & Emery and UK patent and trademark attorney Marks & Clerk have all either set up shop or are in the process of doing so on the Chinese mainland.