Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Medical Devices

Chinese,English,German

Ms. Meng joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2010, became a qualified patent attorney in 2011 and got her qualification as an attorney at law in 2015. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination and patent invalidation with a focus on Mechanical and Electro-mechanical devices, Automobiles, Medical devices, Paper Machinery as well as Energy & Power Engineering etc. 
 
Ms. Meng obtained a master's degree from Technical University of Munich in Germany in 2009. 

Ms. Meng participated in the patent invalidation case about “Calendaring roll for paper-making calendaring machine”. Ms. Meng and her colleague represented a german client and successfully invalidated the patent. 

Ms. Meng made a speech with the theme “Thinking about the technical problem to be solved practically” in Liu, Shen & Associates.

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA) 

Shanghai

Patent

Vehicle Engineering,Medical Devices

Chinese,English,German

Ms. PENG joined Liu, Shen& Associates in February 2009. Ms. PENG is qualified as a patent attorney in 2011. Ms. Peng’s practice includes patent prosecution and counseling. Ms. PENG specialized in Automobiles (especially driving, airbags, bearing means, transmission, display and control systems), medical equipments (in particular MRI equipments, ultrasonic inspection method, X-ray tube), paper machine and papermaking method (especially drying cylinders, filters, the method of preparation and handling of the suspension), electrical equipment (especially electromagnetic actuator devices, switching devices, adapters), wind power generation equipment, construction machinery (especially tamping equipment). 

Ms. PENG was graduated from Tong Ji University with a master degree of mechanical engineering and graduated from Chang an University with a bachelor degree of mechanical engineering in a major of construction machinery. 

-      Representative cases that Ms.Peng has led or participated include

-      Applied and Got Patents for Siemens AG, Adam Opel AG, Voith GmbH 

-      Requested Reexaminations for SKF GmbH and Siemens AG

-      Participated in invalidation case of Voith Paper v. Andritz Paper, all patents held invalid 

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering,Image Processing

Chinese,English

Mr. Qi joined Liu, Shen & Associates in June 2016. Mr. Qi specializes in patent drafting, patent prosecution and re-examination, focusing on Telecommunication, Computer Science, Internet Technology, E-commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Processing, Electronics Engineering, Image Processing.

Mr. Qi got his qualification as an attorney at law in December 2016.

Mr. Qi received his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and Automation in 2012 and his Master of Electrical Engineering in 2014 from Harbin Institute of Technology.

Mr. Qi handled a large amount of patent works other kinds of patent matters, including:

-   Patent drafting, patent prosecution, re-examination and patent invalidation for domestic and international company

-   Patent invalidation and infringement analysis for Qualcomm, Samsung and Google

Beijing

Patent

Organic Chemistry,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Mr. Jian Qin is a patent attorney in China. He joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2006 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2008. He specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, and client counseling with a focus on pharmaceutical and material science etc. He has also provided services of patent retrieval and infringement analysis. Meanwhile, he has filed some patent applications in countries outside of China, such as USA.

Mr. Qin received a Master degree of Applied Chemistry from Beijing Institute of Technology in 2006. He also studied European intellectual property law in the Summer School on IP in Europe in the University of Strasbourg in 2014. 

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Chengdu

Patent

Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,Image Processing,Semiconductor

Chinese,English

Ms. QU joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2012. Ms. QU provides many clients with intellectual property-related services such as patent drafting, patent prosecution, patent analysis, patent evaluation and screening, and patent invalidation, with a focus on telecommunication, electronics, computer science, Internet, semiconductor, image processing, etc.

Ms. QU obtained a master's degree in signal and information processing from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2013.

Ms. QU participated in the fifth annual U.S. Patent Law and Practice Seminar organized by Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C, Minnesota in 2017.

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, representing the foreign giant company to process patent relevance analysis and validity analysis;

-    2018-2019, in a series of patent infringement and invalidation cases between Samsung Electronics V. Huawei, representing Samsung Electronics to process patent screening and validity analysis.

Representative Publications:

-    “Let’s Talk About Patent Open License System”, WeChat Official Account of Liu Shen & Associates, April 2023；

-    “Future of IP - China: The impact of AI on ‘persons skilled in the art’ ”, Managing IP, June 2021；

-    “Brief Introduction to Application of Doctrine of Estoppel in China”, Asia IP, February 2016；

-    “How to apply provisional patent rights protection in China for foreign enterprises”, Japanese Edition of IAM-media, September 2015.

Representative Speech:

-    Title, “Measures for Accelerating Examination in China”, special activities of “Intellectual Property Publicity Week”, April 2022, Chengdu.

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Material Science,Semiconductor

Chinese,English,Japanese

Mr.Qu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2013 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2015. He specializes in patent application and patent examination with a focus on mechanical，material processing，semiconductor and automobile.

 Mr.Qu had a bachelor's degree fromDalianUniversityof Technology  in 2013, with one-year exchange student courses in Fukuoka Institute of Technology inJapan. 

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Material Science,Semiconductor

Chinese,English

Ms. Qu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2005. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation and IP litigation with a focus on semiconductor material, semiconductor device, display, etc.

Ms. Qu got her qualification as a patent attorney in 2007 and as an attorney at law in 2013. She handles a number of cases relating to patent examination and reexamination, and has participated in several patent lawsuits relating to patent invalidation and administrative lawsuit.

Ms.Qu had a bachelor’s degree from Beijing Normal University (BNU) in 2002 and had a master's degree from Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in 2005. She participated in July summer course in Centre d'Études Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle (CEIPI) in 2013.

Ms. Qu has been awarded Best Patent Attorney in 2015 and 2021 by client.

Representative Publications:

-    “Understanding the confidentiality examination provisions for patent application to foreign countries from the perspective of cases,” IPLEAD, November 2023;

-    “Trade secret and Patent Protection in China”, Asia IP Informed Analysis, July 2016.

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Material Science

Chinese,English,German

Ms. Ren started her career in fields of Intellectual Properties since 2013 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2014. Since 2015, she joined Liu, Shen & Associates as a patent attorney and now serves for the patent application affairs of major clients from Germany.

Ms. Ren has got her doctor’s degree from University of Hanover, Germany, in 2004. Before joining this firm, she once worked as a research scientist in the research group of Hardwares and Materials in Siemens Corporate Technology, located in Beijing, for more than 6 years, and actively participated in many projects for developing SMART technology and products. 

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Trademark

Chinese,English,Japanese

Ms. Shang joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2016. She specializes in trademark application, recordal of assignment and name/address change, review on rejection, opposition, non-use cancellation action, invalidation action, etc.

Ms. Shang graduated from Shandong University in 2015 and obtained her Bachelor’s Degrees both in Japanese and international economics and trade.

-     Fuji Kogyo Co.,Ltd. v. Weihai Dicai Fishing Gear Co. Ltd. Representing Fuji Kogyo Co.，Ltd. file an invalidation petition against the mark filed by Weihai Dicai Fishing Gear Co. Ltd. with bad faith, collecting evidences to show the word “GUIDES” in the mark is used as product name by other business operators and lack of significance.

-     Representing BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONR winning several trademark oppositions based on prior trademark and prior copyright.

-     Representing GS YUASA CORPORATION winning several trademark oppositions and invalidation petitions based on prior trademarks and bad faith.

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

Beijing

Patent

Medical Devices,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Life Science,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Education:
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences：Master degree in Life Science 
Chongqing University：Bachelor degree in Bioengineering
 

Ms. Shi joined Liu Shen & Associates in 2021 and is mainly engaged in intellectual property-related litigation and non-litigation business, ordinary civil and commercial business, including patent disputes, copyright litigation, trade secret infringement disputes, intellectual property consulting, intellectual property related contract disputes, corporate legal counseling projects, etc.

-     Participate in the daily legal counsel project of a large pharmaceutical group as a team leader.

-     Participate in the special legal services of the international import drug introduction project of a large pharmaceutical group as a team leader.

-     Participate in the special legal services of the innovative drug research and development project of a pharmaceutical group and the innovative drug cooperation project between the group and the R&D institution.

-     Participate in mergers and acquisitions of a pharmaceutical company: conduct legal due diligence, write due diligence reports, and draft cooperation agreements.

-     Represent a series of copyright infringement dispute cases in Pinduoduo App, and at the same time provide legal advice for customers to protect their rights through other means.

-     Represente a high-tech enterprise in Beijing in a series of cases of infringement of computer software copyright and won the first and second instances, helping the customer to successfully defend his rights and obtain compensation.

-     Represent enterprises in various industries in other civil and commercial litigation and arbitration cases involving various contract disputes.

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

Beijing

Patent

Organic Chemistry,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Mr. SUN joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2008 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2012. He focuses on fine chemistry, polymer chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, and organic chemistry.

Mr. SUN had a bachelor's degree from Jilin University in 2001, worked in organic synthesis from 2001 to 2005, and had a master's degree from Capital Normal University in 2008.

Beijing

Patent

Material Science,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English,German

Dandan Wang joined Liu, Shen & Associates in July 2013 as a patent engineer, and she passed the patent attorney qualification examination in 2015. From joining Liu Shen, she has been dealing with patent prosecution such as drafting new applications, responding to office actions and reexaminations in the areas of chemical technology, material and electrochemistry, water treatment, superconducting and magnetic materials, and biochemistry.

Dandan Wang got her Bachelor's Degree and her Master's Degree in Chemistry from University Leipzig (German) in 2007 and in 2012 respectively. From November 2011 to December 2012, she was a research assistant in Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig. From January to May in 2013, she was a research associate in University Leipzig, Department of Super Conductivity and Magnetism.