Beijing

Patent

Electrooptical Technology,Material Science,Semiconductor

Chinese,English

Ms. Li joined Liu & Shen Associates in 2012, entitled as Senior Patent Attorney in 2016, and entitled as "Legal representative" of All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA) in 2019. Prior to joining Liu & Shen Associates in 2012, Ms. Li worked in Panawell & Partner. LLP and became a qualified patent attorney in 2010.

As a Senior Patent Attorney, Ms. Li’s focus is on the patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, patent litigation, and client counseling in the areas of semiconductor materials and devices, optic-electronic devices, nano-materials, mechanical electronics and related manufacturing technologies.

Ms. Li has practiced intellectual property for over 10 years and provided intellectual property services for multinational corporations including SONY, BOE, Kimberly-Clark, etc, and research institutions including the institute of Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc. Ms. Li has practiced more than 600 overseas applications and has a wealth of practical experience in patent prosecution of overseas applications including European, U.S. Japanese, Korean, Indian, Australian applications, etc.

During June 2021, Ms. Li participates in a Summer Training Program provided by Scully Scott Murphy & Presser P.C in New York, USA.

Ms. Li earned her Master’s Degree in Material Physics and Chemistry in Beijing University of Technology, and earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Science and Engineering in Beijing University of Technology.

Patent Attorney of the Year Award, BOE (2017)

"Legal representative" of All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA) (2019)

Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, CARDOZO-CIPTC (U.S. CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW & CHINA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRANING CENTER) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JOINT INITIATIVE, (2020)

Certificate in Foreign-related Patent Practice Ability Level, CAPITAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SERVICES ASSOCIATION (2021)

AUTHORED INCLUDE:

“Thoughts and Countermeasures on the Protections for Patent Owner's Right”, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION, Vol.160, 2020.

“How to Draft a Suitable Protection Scope for an Inventive Conception”, CHINA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NEWS, Vol.247, 2012.

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Organic Chemistry,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Li yugang joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2018. He specializes in patent prosecution with a focus on organic chemishty, polymer chemistry and material science etc.

Li yugang got the qualification as a patent attorney in 2015 and an attorney-at-law in 2016. He has participated in several patent lawsuits.

Li yugang got his bachelor degree of chemistry from Wuhan University and master degree of chemistry from Tsinghua University. Before joining this firm, Li yugang worked for SINOCHEM GROUP and Peksung Intellectual Property Ltd.

Beijing

Patent

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

Chinese,English

Mr. Liang joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2012 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2013. He has provided high quality services in preparing and prosecuting patent applications, patent reexamination and invalidation, patent searches, patent analysis and assessments, and IP strategy arrangements to a variety of clients, ranging from high tech start-up to multinational giants, and his practicing field focuses on semiconductor, circuits, telecommunication and mechanics.

Mr. Liang represented Samsung against Huawei in a series of patent invalidation cases and related infringement cases from 2016. During this period, Mr. Liang also analyzed nearly 100 communication standard essential patents (SEPs) and commercial patents (NSEPs) to evaluate the validities of the patents. In 2018, Mr. Liang also participated in the series of patent invalidation cases with Apple on behalf of Qualcomm, and maintained the patent right of Qualcomm in the patent case of the memory dynamic word line driver.

Before joining Liu, Shen & Associates, Mr. Liang worked in China Sinda law firm for 4 years. He also had his internship at the Drinker&Biddle law firm inPhiladelphia,USAfrom July to August, 2016.

Mr. Liang obtained his the Master of Microelectronics fromInstituteofMicroelectronicsofChineseAcademyof Sciences in 2008, before that he got the Bachelor’s degree of Electronic Engineering fromTsinghuaUniversityin 2005. He also got his Master of Law fromTemple University,USAin 2016, in order to provide better services to clients.

Representative Cases

-     A series of patent invalidation cases relative with communication standard essential patents (SEPs) and commercial patents (NSEPs) between Samsung and Huawei from 2016.

-     Qualcomm v. Apple for a patent of memory dynamic word line driver, 2018.

Publications and Presentations

Publications that Mr. Liang has authored include

-     “How to apply provisional patent rights protection inChinafor foreign enterprises,” Japanese Edition of IAM-media, Nov.2015.

-     “Comparison of ownership of the Employees’ Inventions in Different Countries” on 2015 AIPPIChinaYouth IP Seminar.

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering

Chinese,English

Ms. Liang joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2002 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2004. Her major responsibilities include translating patent-related documents for the firm and clients, such as patent application documents, office action, and legal documents of patent reexamination/invalidation/litigation, specialized in such fields as mechanical manufacturing, semiconductor, automobile and etc.

Ms. Liang got her Bachelor’s degree from the Beijing No. 2 Foreign Language Institute after graduation in 1997, and got Graduate Diploma of Information Technology from the University of Technology, Sydney in 2002.

Beijing

Trademark

Chinese,English

Lily joined the firm in 1993.

Her expertise includes advising corporate clients on trademark filing strategy, trademark portfolio management and custom protection; providing full-range service on trademark prosecution, including availability search and analysis, filing, licensing, assignment, opposition, and invalidation; representing clients before courts in administration litigation on authorization and determination of trademark rights.

Through the years, she handles numerous trademark cases and has accumulated great experiences. She is one of The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals by World Trademark Review for several consecutive years, for being “a recognized expert in the field”.

She was made a partner in 2002 and heads the firm’s trademark practice.

Education and training:

Sitting as a trainee in Clifford Chance (London and Hong Kong) and the Chamber of Christopher Morcom QC

Certificate of Incompletion of Post-graduate; Beijing Foreign Studies University (UN Subjects)

B.A., University of International Relations (English Literature and International Relations)

Typical Litigation cases she represents:

LEGO 3-D trademark registration

NXP trademark registration

FLSmidth Trademark registration

Typical Counseling cases:

Advising US and European companies on trademark protection strategy in China

Advising Japanese companies on drafting goods description to obtain better custom protection

Advising domestic companies on trademark protection strategy in China and abroad, through national, Madrid and EU registration, to obtain greatest protection at the least costs

Others:

Making presentations on trademark law/practice and protection in China, in various occasions including INTA forum and Seminars sponsored/organized by corporate clients and firm clients

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

International Trademark Association (INTA)

Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)

Chengdu

Patent

Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Image Processing

Chinese,English

Mr. Lin started practice in intellectual property affairs in Liu, Shen since 2019. Mr. Lin handles intellectual property affairs in the field of Signal and Information processing, Communication, Electronics & Computer Science, Image Processing, etc.

Mr. Lin has a Master Degree in Electronic Information and Communication Engineering from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC). During his master's degree, he focused on the work related to optical communication, network traffic routing and quality of service in access network. Also, he served as a project director in a technical consulting project on Access Network Architecture Optimization with China Telecommunication Corporation and proposed dynamic QoS scheme based on SDN.

Mr. Lin specializes in patent translation and proofreading, patent drafting, counseling and analyzing on patent issues in the fields of Electronic Information and Communication Engineering, Signal Processing, Semiconductor, Computer technology and Telecommunication etc.

Beijing

Patent

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

Chinese,English

Ms.Lin joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2014 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2015. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination and client counseling with a focus on electrical engineering, automatic control, telecommunication, electronics, computer science as well as Internet & e-commerce.

Ms. Lin had a master's degree from Beijing University of Technology in 2008. Before joining this firm, Ms. Lin worked as a patent engineering at CN-KnowHow Intellectual Property Agent Ltd. 

Beijing

Patent

Material Science,Semiconductor,Polymer

Chinese,English

Mr. Ling joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2008 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2009. He specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, analysis of infringement and patent invalidation, and client counseling with a focus on polymer，battery material, petroleum refining，semiconductor material，catalyst，membrane，process of production and treatment of chemical feedstock such as olefin and of polymer, chemical apparatus.

Mr. Ling has participated in several patent lawsuits including patent infringement and patent invalidation, patent licensing counseling.

Mr. Ling had a PhD from Tsinghua University in 2008.  

Beijing

Patent

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

Chinese,English

Experience:

Ms. Liu is a patent attorney at LIU, SHEN & ASSOCIATES. She has rich professional experiences in practicing Intellectual Property, and solid Background of electronics, signal processing as well as computer vision.

Ms. Liu’s current practice revolves patent prosecution, searching and analysis, patent/utility model application document drafting, and client counseling with a focus on electrical engineering, signal processing, automatic control and telecommunication, computer science as well as internet & e-commerce and etc. Particularly, Ms. Liu is good at providing agency services concerning both foreign patent application (PCT/Paris convention) and Chinese applications, responding to office actions, patent re-examination actions, and has rich experience in search and analysis on patent invalidation and infringement, analysis on freedom to operation, and search and retrieval.

Working experience

2019-now         LIU, SHEN & ASSOCIATES, Senior Patent Attorney

2017-2019        Beijing Lvzhi Intellectual Property Agency Co., Ltd., Senior Paten Attorney

2008-2017        LIU, SHEN & ASSOCIATES, Senior Patent Attorney

2005-2008        JEEKAI & PARTNERS, Patent Engineer

Education &Training:

2002-2005, Peking University

M.S. in Signal and Information Processing from 3D Visual Computing and Robotics Lab, School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science

1998-2002, Peking University

B.S. in Electronics Engineering from Department of Electronics

Beijing

Patent

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

Chinese,English,German

Ms. Liu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2011 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2013. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, and client counseling with a focus on electrical engineering, automatic control, industrial Security; telecommunication, electronics, computer science as well as Internet & e-commerce.

Ms. Liu had a master's degree from TU Dresden in Germany in 2011, and a bachelor's degree from northeast University in China in 2004.

Beijing

Patent

Bio & Pharmaceutical,Life Science,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Ms. Liu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in January 2013 and acquired the Patent Agent Qualification Certificate in 2016. She specializes in assistant tasks associated with intellectual property agency, including translating Office Action in Chinese and English, and dealing with assistant tasks of biological team.

Ms. Liu has carried out many translation tasks of Office Action of cases related to patent examination, and Decision of Final Rejection, Reexamination Notification, Reexamination Decision, and Request for Invalidation of cases related to patent reexamination/invalidation; she has also translated a number of Observations, reference documents, Assignment Agreement, declaration, etc.  Furthermore, she has dealt with the following assistant tasks of biological team: sending and receiving letters on the dedicated mailbox of Bayer and the First-to-File system of Roche; reviewing new application documents provided by the applicant or agency for entering into national phase in China to confirm whether or not the documents include a specification as published in MS WORD format, deposit receipts and viability statements, and illegible figure, and whether or not they need our proofreading work before filing; assisting colleagues of biological team in Shanghai to file new application and response; and assisting the team leader to deal with other tasks, e.g. Plant Variety Application and recruitment related work.

Ms. Liu had a bachelor's degree from Shenyang Pharmaceutical University in 2009. Before joining this firm, Ms. Liu worked in a research institute of a pharmaceutical company in Beijing from July 2009 to January 2013. 

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering

Chinese,English,French

EDUCATION:

Department of Mechanical Engineering, l’ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES, PHD Degree

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Beihang University, Master Degree

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Beijingjiaotong University, Bachelor Degree

Ms. Liu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2015. She was admitted as a patent attorney in 2016.

Ms. Liu specializes in various patent-related intellectual property agency business with a focus on mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, electrical and machinery equipment, electrical connector, etc. 

Ms. Liu handled a large amount of patent works since she joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2015, including 20+ patent drafting, 150+ patent applications, responding 200+ office actions for applications in China and PCT applications entering China, with both English and French language. 

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)