Beijing
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Mr. Jia obtained a master’s degree in Communication Engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology in 2008. Mr. Jia started his work in IP law in 2010, joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2012, and qualified as patent attorney and attorney at law. Mr. Jia specializes in patent prosecution, reexamination, patent invalidation, IP litigation, and client counselling with a focus on commercial patents (NSEP) and communication Standard Essential Patents (SEP).
Before starting his work in the practice of IP law, Mr. Jia worked as a software engineer in a communication company for two years.
Mr. Jia has been designated to study for NGB corporation, Japan for 3 months in 2019, and trained the attorneys in NGB on some issues related to prosecution, invalidation and litigation of Chinese patent practice.
Mr. Jia is richly experienced in patent invalidation and litigation, and has represented a number of domestic and foreign giant companies in patent licensing negotiations and related disputes, invalidation, and infringement litigation with other domestic and foreign giant companies.
Mr. Jia has led and deeply participated in several patent relevance assessment projects and patent validity assessment projects, some of which involving SEP, and some involving NSEP. In these projects, Mr. Jia has analyzed dozens of NSEPs to evaluate the relevance degree of patents and targeted products, analyzed more than one hundred of SEPs to evaluate relevance degree of patents and communication standards, and analyzed validity of dozens of patents against prior arts.
Mr. Jia Hongbo is familiar with China's telecommunication industry standards and 3GPP international standards. He has been committed to the analysis and evaluation of essential patents for 3GPP standards for many years. He leads the evaluation team to continuously analyze the patent declarations of each company in ETSI, and leads the team to analyze declared patents and corresponding standards, evaluate the real number and proportion of standard essential patents actually owned by major companies.
Representative cases:
- 2020-2023, in several patent licensing negotiations and related disputes between a foreign giant company and certain giant domestic and foreign giant companies for each time, leading the team representing the foreign giant company to process patent selection and analysis, patent litigation strategy analysis, patent licensing fee and FRAND issues analysis, etc.;
- 2016-2019, in a series of patent infringement and invalidation cases between Samsung Electronics V. Huawei, representing Samsung Electronics to attend SEP and non-SEP patent infringement group cases as a core member of the team. The issues involved include the infringement logic for SEP related cases, calculation of SEP royalties, determination of FRAND, and determination of injunctions for SEP and non-SEP cases;
- In the case of a dispute between a foreign giant company and another foreign giant company, representing the foreign giant company in patent screening and analysis, litigation strategy analysis, participation in litigation and invalidation proceedings, etc.;
- Samsung Electronics v. Dunjun, in the patent invalidation case, representing Samsung Electronics as the invalidation petitioner, all patent rights were declared to be invalidated in court during the oral hearing;
- Samsung Electronics v. Netac, in the patent invalidation case, representing Samsung Electronics as the invalidation petitioner, all patent rights were declared to be invalidated, and the patentee did not file administrative lawsuit.
Representative Publications:
- “SEP Patent Strength Analysis,” IPLEAD, December 2023;
- “How to draft a high-value SEP patent application,” IP ForeFront, November 2023;
- “Future of IP–China: The valuation and prosecution of standard-related patents in the 5G era,” Managing Intellectual Property - Asia-Pacific IP Focus 2021
- “Application of Patent Examination Guidelines in Invalidation Procedures,” Asia IP Vol.10 Issue 8 2018
- “The contentious monopoly,” Managing Intellectual Property - Asia-Pacific IP Focus 2016
- FRAND Case Selection Volume 1 & Volume 2; 2018
All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Beijing
Patent,Trademark,Copyright,Other
Chinese,English
Ms. Shan JIAO is a Partner at Liu, Shen & Associates. She holds a dual degree of LLB & Bachelor of Economics from Peking University (Beijing, China) and a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School (New York, United States). She specializes in antitrust and competition law, SEP-related consultancy and dispute resolution. Her experience covers multiple industries including communication, semi-conductor, Internet, automobile and shipping.
Ms. Jiao has over ten-year experience in SEP-related legal services and gained diverse experience in providing one-stop solution for SEP related licensing, transaction, compliance, administrative proceeding, infringement actions, FRAND actions, ASI and antitrust investigation and litigation. She handled over forty relevant cases and projects, including Samsung v. Huawei, Xiaomi v. InternDigital and Samsung v. Ericsson. Ms. Jiao is experienced with different standards including 4G and 5G wireless communication standards, EVS standard, AVC/HEVC/VVC video codecs standards and Wi-Fi under various scenarios such as smart terminals, auto, software, patent pools, etc.
Ms. Jiao specializes in antitrust and competition law. She assisted clients with merger filing, antitrust investigation defense, initiating antitrust complaint. She also provides antitrust compliance advice and built-in antitrust compliance system. She has represented clients in several landmark antitrust lawsuits.
Representative cases:
- Samsung v. Ericsson - SEP rate setting litigation, Anti-suit Injunction (ASI) and Anti-anti-suit Injunction (AASI). Ms. Jiao represented Samsung who filed a global rate-setting lawsuit before Wuhan Intermediate Court against Ericsson. Ms. Jiao successfully assisted Samsung to secure a global ASI and AASI order issued by Wuhan Court.
- Huawei v. Samsung - a series case of patent infringement, invalidation and FRAND rate-setting case (between 2016 and 2019). This high-profile case involves dozens of SEP disputes before Beijing Intellectual Property Court, Shenzhen Intermediate Court and others. Ms. Jiao represented Samsung to establish FRAND defense for SEP injunction, royalty theory and expert witnesses testimony.
- Xiaomi v. InterDigital - SEP rate setting litigation and Anti-suit Injunction (ASI) . Ms. Jiao represented Xiaomi and sercured an ASI order issued by Wuhan Intermediate Court against Ericsson. This is the first worldwide ASI order ever issued by Chinese courts.
- National Development and Reform Commission’s antitrust investigation into Qualcomm. As counsel and interpreter for NDRC, Ms. Jiao assisted with on-site investigations and all the important meetings. She participated throughout the entire investigation and provided legal advice.
- Panjin Dongxing v. Petro China and its subsidiary - Abuse of Market Dominance Action. Panjin Dongxing was a local supplier who sued Petro China and its subsidiary for abuse of market dominance. Ms. Jiao represented Petro China and its subsidiary in this case before Beijing IP Court. The Court accepted nearly all of our arguments and dismissed all of plaintiff’s claims. This case is selected as “Top 10 Typical Antitrust and Competition Cases Since 2014” by Beijing IP Court.
- Greatview Packaging v. Tetra Pak, Xinjufeng Packaging v. Tetra Pak - Abuse of Market Dominance Action. Ms. Jiao represented Tetra Pak in these follow-on civil actions filed by two competitors after Tetra Pak was fined by Chinese competition authority for abusing market dominance. The cases concerned important legal and economic issued and were heard by Beijing High Court.
- Mlily v. TDI Suppliers - Price Fixing Action. This is the first civil action against price fixing through tacit collusion. Ms. Jiao represented one of the four co-defendants. The case was first heard by Ningbo Intermediate Court and appealed to the Supreme People’s Court.
- Maersk Line’s Acquisition of Hamburg Süd. Ms. Jiao assisted Maersk Line with merger filing to China competition authority and remedy implementation after the transaction was approved conditionally. The case was selected as one of the twelve merger filings in the book titled 12 Years of China Antitrust Law.
- NDRC investigation into the containerized shipping industry. NDRC investigated into containerized shipping companies for charging THC. Ms. Jiao assisted with Maersk Line in responding to the investigation. The case was eventually suspended without fine.
- NDRC antitrust investigation into the roll-roll industry. The NDRC investigated the price-fixing behaviour of companies in the roll-on-roll-off business. Ms. Jiao represented Compañia Maritima Chilena S.A. and obtained a very favourable result for our client.
Representative Publications:
- The Changing SEP Landscape in China, LES Japan, Sep 2022
- Development of Adjudicating Global FRAND Rate in China: A review of OPPO v. Sharp, Year of the Tiger: Antitrust in China, CPI Antitrust Chronicle March 2022
- Tracking the evolution of standard essential patents in China, Managing IP Special Focus China IP Focus 2021
- The Current State of SEP Litigation in China, American Bar Association, Antitrust, Vol. 35, No. 2, Spring 2021
- Managing the Antitrust Risk of Un-notified Concentrations on Undertakings in PRC, Concurrences, 2018
- China’s Antitrust Regulation on Abuse of IP Rights: A Note to Qualcomm Case, Price Supervision and Anti-Monopoly in China, 2014(8):35-37.
- Comment on the 2nd Instance Decision of Qihoo v. Tencent for Abuse of Market Dominance, Journal of Science, Technology and Law, 2014(6):1118-1133.
Representative Speech:
- Panelist, LESI’s Thought Leadership Program 2023-2024 Session#2: Lessons Learned From SEP Litigation, Nov 2023
- Speaker, Antitrust Issues in Automobile Patent Licensing, 2023 China Fair Competition Policy Publicity Week (State Administration for Market Regulation), Sep 2023
- Panelist, EUI Centre for a Digital Society Winter Innovation Conference 2023, Regulation of ICT Standards: Local Rules, Global Impact?, Jan 2023
- Panelist, Berkeley & Tsinghua Law Schools - Fourth Annual Transnational IP Litigation Symposium, High Tech Patent Licensing, Jun 2022
- Speaker, Recent Landscape of SEP Litigation in China, SEP Research Group Japan, Nov 2021
- Panelist, Toward A Deeper Understanding: Berkeley Asia IP SEP Talk Series 2021 - Concurrent Litigation and Jurisdictional Competition (Session 2), Aug 2021
- Panelist, Another year Overshadowed by US trade war? China's Antitrust Enforcement in 2020, Trade War and China's AML enforcement Brown Bag, Jan 2020
- Speaker, Judicial Developments in SEP Pricing, 2018 China Intellectual Property Forum
- Speaker, Intellectual Property and Antitrust Law from a Practitioner Perspective, China Chamber of International Commerce, 2017
Beijing
Patent
Electrooptical Technology,Mechanical Engineering,Medical Devices,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Mr. Jiao joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2007 and qualified as a patent attorney in 2010. He specializes in patent prosecution, reexamination, invalidation, and client counseling with a focus on semiconductor materials, processes, and devices; light-emitting devices; mechanical engineering; display technology; and liquid crystal displays.
Mr. Jiao has handled many Chinese patent applications and overseas patent applications such as U.S., European, Japanese, Korean and Indian patent applications for clients. He is especially good at semiconductor-related patent cases and has drafted many patent applications related to semiconductor devices and processes, display devices and processes, LED devices, light-emitting modules, etc. for domestic companies.
Mr. Jiao received his bachelor's degree in material science and engineering and his master's degree in material science from Wuhan University of Technology in China in 2002 and 2004, respectively. He then received his Ph.D. in material physics and chemistry from the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007.
Mr. Jiao received professional training from the law firm HSML, P.C. in the U.S. in 2015.
Representative cases that Mr. Jiao has participated include:
- Patent invalidation of a Utility Model Patent owned by a Taiwan company, representing the patentee and successfully maintaining the validity of the patent in several invalidation requests.
- Representing a Taiwan semiconductor company in a series of patent invalidation cases.
- Handling patent stability analysis and infringement comparison analysis for a Japanese semiconductor company.
- Handling infringement risk analysis of a domestic auto parts company's series of products.
Publication or presentation
- “Functional features in patent infringement litigation,” Asia-Pacific IP Focus 2015.
- “Functional claiming in US application,” AIPPI China Youth IP Summer Seminar, August, 2017.
Award
- Prominent Domestic Display Manufacturer's Star Patent Attorney of the Year 2015
- Prominent Domestic Display Manufacturer's Outstanding Patent Attorney of the Year 2014/2016/2017/2019/2022/2023
- Awarded as a National Exemplary Case for Invention Patent Drafting in 2023
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)
Beijing
Patent
Material Science,Organic Chemistry,Chemical Engineering
Chinese,English
Mr. Jin joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2005. He specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, and client counseling with a focus on battery, polymer, luminescent material, refrigerant, chemical Engineering, & nanomaterial.
Mr. Jin got his qualification as a patent attorney in 2006. He has participated in several patent lawsuits including patent infringement and patent invalidation. He has been leading patent invalidation and pre-litigation analysis in the firm.
Mr. Jin had a master's degree from Tsinghua University in 2004. Before joining this firm, Mr. Jin worked as an engineer at PULEAD TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY CO. LTD. He received an LLM degree from John Marshall Law School in Chicago in 2012.
Representative cases that Mr. Jin has led or participated include
- Total v. Exxon Mobil, in the patent invalidation case of Total v. Exxon Mobil, Mr. Jin represented Total to partially invalidate the patent of Exxon Mobil, and this case is selected in Top Ten Cases of Patent Reexamination Board in 2011.
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)
Beijing
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Electronics Engineering,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Ms. Yujie Jin joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2005 and obtained the qualification as a patent attorney in 2006. Ms. Jin's practice mainly focuses on patent prosecution and enforcement, including patent application, patent invalidation and patent litigation in the technical fields of electronic engineering, communication technology, computer science, semiconductor technology, automatic control, image processing, video and audio codec, Artificial Intelligence, Internet and E-commerce, etc.
Ms. Jin handles a large number of cases related to patent application and examination as well as patent reexamination every year since 2006, and is skilled in dealing with difficult and complex problems in patent prosecution. Ms. Jin also has rich experience in patent relevance and stability evaluation, has engaged in a large number of commercial patent vs. targeted product analyses, communication standard essential patent vs. standards analyses, and stability analyses for both commercial patents and SEPs.
Ms. Jin obtained a master of law degree (LL.M) in IP from the John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, USA in 2012. Before that, Ms. Jin graduated as a master in Communication and Information System from Tsinghua University in 2005, and received her bachelor's degree from the same university in 2002.
Representative cases:
- Patent stability and infringement analyses on a series of 3GPP standard essential patents for Samsung; 2016-2017, 2021-2023
- Huawei v. Samsung, representing Samsung in a series of patent infringement cases and patent invalidation cases; 2016-2019; settled.
- Apple v. Qualcomm, representing Qualcomm in two patents invalidation cases; 2018-2019; one patent was entirely sustained, and the other one was partially sustained.
- Benxing v. Samsung, representing Samsung in 4 patent infringements and patent invalidation cases; 2017; the patents of Benxing were invalidated entirely.
- Samsung v. Netac, representing Samsung in a patent invalidation case; 2017; the patent of Netac was invalidated entirely.
Representative Speech:
- "Discussion on the Eligibility Issues in Patent Applications in New Industies and New Fields”, 2023 Electrical Field Hot Topics Education Training Course, organized by the China National Patent Agents Association, 2023
- "Latest Practical Updates Electrical Field related to Modification of the Examination Guidelines", Examination Guidelines Modification and Related Practice Training Course, organized by the China National Patent Agents Association, 2019
- "Usage of Common Knowledge in Evaluation of Inventiveness", Seminar on Patent Examination in Optoelectronic Technology Field, organized by the China National Patent Agents Association, 2014
Publications that Ms. Jin has authored include:
- “Anti-Suit Injunction in SEP litigation”, Intellectual Property Frontiers, 2024
- “Protecting AI-related Innovations in China,” Managing IP, Summer 2020
- "How to respond to examination opinions involving common knowledge,” Managing IP, Asia-Pacific IP Focus 2014, ISSN 0960-5002
- "What do I need to Know about Patent Marking?" Co-author, Managing IP, December 2014, ISSN 0960-5002
- “Brief Introduction to Application of Doctrine of Estoppel in China,” Asia IP, February 2016
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Chengdu
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,Electronics Engineering,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Mr. JIA started practice in intellectual property affairs in Liu, Shen & Associates since 2018. He specializes in intellectual property related services such as patent drafting, patent prosecution, patent analysis, patent search, invalidation, litigation, and client counseling with a focus on Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Telecommunication, Signal and Information Processing, Semi-Conductor, Automatic Control, Computer Science, Neural Network and so on.
Mr. JIA was admitted as a patent attorney in 2021, and currently serves as a senior patent attorney in the firm.
Mr. JIA was a recommended graduated student and received his Master's degree from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in June, 2015. His major is Electronic and Communication Engineering, and working on analysis & processing of communication signals and detecting & estimating of Radar targets. Before joining this firm, Mr. JIA worked as a microwave communication software testing engineer in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. for three years.
Representative cases:
- Participated in a series of SEP infringement analysis in communication area, in a series of SEP and Non-SEP patent infringement litigations, between a multinational mobile device manufacturer v. a Chinese mobile device manufacturer, 2018-2019.
- Participated in a series of SEP infringement analysis in communication area, for an Asia electrical appliance manufacturer, 2018.
- Participated in a series of patent invalidation and litigation cases between a multinational mobile device manufacturer v. a European mobile device manufacturer, 2020-2021.
- Participated in a series of SEP infringement analysis in communication area, for a multinational mobile device manufacturer, 2022.
- Participated in a series of patent invalidation and litigation cases between a multinational mobile device manufacturer v. a European mobile device manufacturer, 2022.
- Participated in a series of patent invalidation and litigation cases between a multinational mobile device manufacturer v. a Chinese communication technical company, 2023.
Awards that Mr. JIA has been honored with:
- “A1” class Patent Attorney Awards, awarded by a multinational communication company.
Representative Publications:
- “A preliminary study on calculation methods of global license fee for SEP patents,” first author, IPLEAD, January 2024.
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Beijing
Patent
Precision Instruments,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Ms. Jiang joined Liu & Shen Associates in March 2022, she specializes in patent application drafting, patent prosecution, and client counseling in the technical field of semiconductor packaging technology, semiconductor chip manufacturing technology, memory device, MEMS, display device and so on.
Ms. Jiang obtained the qualification of patent attorney in 2017. Before joining Liu & Shen Associates, Ms. Jiang worked as a patent attorney in Jiang Chyun intellectual property group.
Ms. Jiang obtained a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and a bachelor’s degree in English from Southwest University.
Chengdu
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering
Chinese,English,Japanese
Ms. Jiang started practice in intellectual property affairs in Liu, Shen since 2020. Ms. Jiang handles intellectual property affairs in the field of Signal and Information processing, Communication, Electronics & Computer Science, Image Processing, etc.
Ms. Jiang received her Master and bachelor's degrees both from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) with a major on Signal and Information Processing Technology during 2013-2020.
