Honeywell's East for East innovation strategy explained: interview

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Jerry Xia, Chief IP Counsel – North Asia for Honeywell, talks to China Law and Practice about how his company is investing more to develop new products that meet the needs of Chinese customers and what this means for his IP team



What is the general structure of your IP team?

Honeywell's businesses are known to be diverse and encompass different industries. In China, Honeywell has a centralised corporate IP team based in Shanghai. The team supports all its businesses in the region by closely working together with each business unit's IP counsel at the global headquarters. This matrix structure ensures effective implementation of our “One Honeywell” strategy, while at the same time specific initiatives or concerns of each business will also be adequately addressed. Our team, consisting of qualified lawyers and patent attorneys with pertinent practice experience who all have the necessary technical background matching Honeywell's technology sectors, is able to provide full IP functional support including filing and prosecution (patent, trademark and copyright), enforcement, transactions, product clearance as well as internal training and process building in the region.

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