From October 31 to November 3, 2018, Bernard Volken (Switzerland) gave a lecture on design law and international trademark application at SICIP. He introduced the international treaty and international trademark application strategy, including the Hague System which is related to the design law and the Madrid Agreement which is related to trademark law.

On November 2, he gave lectures to all students of SICIP on the international trademark application strategy, and received enthusiastic feedback from the students. In the lecture on the international trademark application strategy, Volken mainly introduced trademark application strategies that enterprises should pay attention to when they apply for application.