Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Medical Devices

Chinese,English,German

Mr. Hou started his IP career in China in 1995 and became a qualified patent attorney in 1996 and got his qualification as an attorney at law in 2000. He is active in areas of technical protective rights, in particular patents and utility models, and has extensive experience in prosecuting patent applications and in enforcing protective rights in invalidation and litigation cases. His special technical interests are, among others, mechanical-electrical engineering, automobile engineering, medical devices, thermal energy technology.

Mr. Hou obtained his bachelor degree in Thermal Energy Dynamics & Devices from Faculty of Automotive Engineering of TongJi University and his master’s degree from China University of Political Science and Law majoring in Civil and Commercial Law.

Before joining this firm, Mr. Hou worked firstly as a research personnel in R&D center of Beijing ICE(internal combustion engine) company for two years. He received training from Boehmert & Boehmert Lawfirm in Germany and in IP Department of Siemens in Munich. 

Recent representative cases that Mr. Hou has won include

-     Siemens Industry, v. Danieli & Co. -invalidation case(2013);

-     Siemens AG v. Patent reexamination Board-administrative action case(2010);

-     New Leader Battery Co. v. Songbo Battery Industry Co. -invalidation case(2008);  

-     Pierburg GmbH v. China Automotive Research Institute -invalidation case(2013);

-     BAMED AG v. Taizhou Keaide Children Wear Co., Ltd.-infringement case(2014);

-     Voith Paper v. Andritz Paper-invalidation case as well as infringement case(2015).

Publications that Mr. Hou has authored include

-     “Equitable restriction on the application of doctrine of equivalence”, Academic Annual 《Patent Law Study 2006》edited by SIPO,2006;

-     Article “Status quo and problems analysis regarding IP protection disputes of Chinese enterprises in overseas trade shows” for the Project “IP-Advocacy Center for overseas trade shows” established and run by All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA), 2015(see the Project’s working plan, appendix B).

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

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

Beijing

Trademark

Chinese,English

Ms. Changhong HE joined Liu, Shen & Associates since 2008. Practice area: prosecution and enforcement of trademark rights, including new application, review, opposition, invalidation and litigation regarding trademarks, consultation regarding copyright, Customs protection of IP rights and domain name.

Education

University of International Business and Economics (2006, LL.M.)

Lanzhou University (1998, B.A.)

Ms. He Changhong's typical cases include: 

1. Leroy-Somer v. China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) – A trademark invalidation administrative litigation case. Representing Leroy-Somer, she successfully invalidated a third party's squatted trademark "LIRASOMA" based on the client’s prior trade name rights.

2. FLSmidth A/S & FLSmidth Pfister GmbH v. Beijing Pfister Weighing Equipment Co., Ltd. – A trademark infringement and unfair competition lawsuit. Representing FLSmidth A/S and FLSmidth Pfister GmbH, she secured a court ruling ordering the defendant to cease infringement and pay damages. 

3. Emerson Electric Co. v. CNIPA – A trademark cancellation review administrative litigation case. Representing Emerson Electric, she obtained new evidence during the first-instance trial, exposing the trademark registrant's fabrication of evidence, which led to the exclusion of key evidence and a favorable outcome. 

4. Emerson Electric Co. v. CNIPA – Another trademark cancellation review administrative litigation case. During the retrial process, she submitted new evidence clarifying the nature of the involved products, successfully upholding the validity of the client's trademark rights. 

5. FLSmidth A/S v. CNIPA – A trademark opposition review administrative litigation case. Representing Verso, she successfully proved that the disputed goods were similar across different categories, achieving a favorable result. 

6. Representing Thermal Disc, Inc. in a trademark cancellation review administrative dispute. During the first-instance trial, she investigated the counterparty to the contract and excluded critical evidence in the case, securing a satisfactory outcome. 

Publication

1.   A Checklist for Trademark Opposition in China, Managing IP, Oct. 2017

2.   New Practice at CNIPA and Beijing IP Court: Suspension Now Available for Most Trademark Administratve Cases, Liu, Shen & Associates Newsletter, September, 2023.

3.   Measures for Calculating Illegal Business Volume in Trademark Infringement Cases

4.   China's Proactive Measures in Combating Malicious Trademark Registrations A Case Study of DeepSeek Marks

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

International Trademark Association (INTA) 

International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Material Science

Chinese,English

Mr. He joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2006. He specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation with a focus on metal material engineering, mechanical engineering, welding techniques and apparatus.

Mr. He got his qualification as an attorney in 2010. He has participated in patent drafting, prosecution, patent invalidation and pre-litigation analysis, and client counseling in the firm.

Mr. He had a bachelor degree majoring in metal material engineering from Tianjin University in 2003, and a master degree majoring in metal material engineering from Haerbin Institution of Technology in 2005. 

Mr. He is experienced in patent drafting, prosecution, patent invalidation and pre-litigation analysis etc, and used to deal with a plenty of Chinese patent applications of YAMAHA and GM. He had received many training programs organized by the All-China Patent Agents Association，and attended a Summer School on Intellectual Property in Europe organized by CEIPI in July, 2015.

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

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

Chinese,English

Ms. Hu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2003 and now has more than ten years’ experience in the practice of IP law in China.

Ms. Hu obtained the qualification as an attorney at law in 2009 and obtained the qualification as a patent attorney in 2004. Ms. Hu’s current practice mainly focuses on patent prosecution and invalidation in the technical fields of computer technology, telecommunication & Internet, electrical & electronics, semiconductor device, and so on. Ms. Hu also does significant work in counseling clients in various matters relating to intellectual property. Also, Ms. Hu has assisted Chinese applicants in patent application filing and prosecution with foreign patent offices, such as USPTO.

Ms. Hu received her Bachelor of Computer technology and application in 2000 and her Master of Computer technology in 2003 from Beijing University of Technology inChina. She received training in US patent prosecution from Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser PC, New York, in 2007. 

Representative cases that Ms. Hu has led or participated recently include

1.   An international telecommunication company v. a domestic telecommunication company, representing the international telecommunication company to attend SEP and non-SEP patent infringement group cases. The issues involved include correspondence of telecommunication standards and SEPs, and FRAND. These cases are pending. (2016-2018)

2.   An international telecommunication company v. a domestic telecommunication company, representing the international telecommunication company to attend SEP and non-SEP patent invalidation group cases (2016-2018)

3.   An international telecommunication company v. an international manufacturer of consumer electronics products, representing the international telecommunication company to attend patent invalidation and patent infringement group cases. These cases are pending (2018)

4.   RIZE Inc. of US v. an individual, representing the individual to invalid the patent of RIZE Inc. All the targeted claims have been invalidated (2018)

5.   Samsung China v. Benxing, representing Samsung China to invalid the patent of Kedou. The patent has been completely invalidated (2018)

6.   Samsung China v. Netac, representing Samsung China to invalid the patent of Netac. The patent has been completely invalidated (2017)

7.   Working for a world top 500 electronic enterprise, to conduct patent search, patent analysis in image processing field, make patent map, provide patent warning, and assist the enterprise to carry out patent strategy layout (2015)

8.   Working for NTT Docomo, to conduct patent search, patent analysis, provide multi-aspects analysis report, and assist the enterprise to determine patent research direction and make patent mining plan (2016)

Publication that Ms. Hu has authored include

-     “Breaking the damages dilemma in China patent litigation”, MIP 2017, December issue, 2017

-     “Analysis on the Eligibility of Textbooks as Common Knowledge Evidence”, Chine Intellectual Property News, October, 2018

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Trademark

Chinese,English

Mr. HAN specializes in trademark search, application, recordal of assignment and name/address change, review on rejection, opposition, non-use cancellation action, invalidation action, lawsuit, domain name dispute and copyright issues, etc.

Prior to joining Liu Shen & Associates in 2021, Mr. HAN worked in an IP agency as trademark attorney for two years.

Mr. HAN received a bachelor's degree in Law from Henan Normal University and a master's degree in International Business Law from University of Montreal (Canada, Quebec). Mr. HAN obtained his legal professional qualification certificate in 2020 and began the lawyer practice in 2021.

Beijing

Patent

Bio & Pharmaceutical,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Ms. Wei He joined Liu, Shen & Associates in August 2008, and now she works in the Chemistry Department of the firm. Ms. He's work includes providing comments on how to respond to Office Action, Final Rejection, Notification of Reexamination and Decision of Reexamination, drafting new applications, as well as providing a third-party opinions. She is also good at the practice of new application outside China, such as in US and EP etc. Besides, she has also participated in the analysis of several invalidation trials. Ms. He's practice areas involve small molecule pharmacy, formulations, medical devices, hygienical articles, argrochemistry, biopharmacy, cosmetology product, food, health care products, high molecule chemistry, and, oil industry.

Ms. He got her Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Engineering from Shenyang Phamaceutical University in 2002, and her Master's degree in Phamacochemistry from Peking Union Medical College in 2005. Before entering Liu Shen, she worked in Jeekai Parters.

Ms. He is very serious about work, and is hard-working. She is service-minded and has intuition of patent.

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electrical Engineering,Electronics Engineering,Precision Instruments

Chinese,English

Mr. Hou joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2016, and now is an experienced patent and attorney at Law.

Mr. Hou mainly specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, IP litigation, and client counseling with a focus on wireless communication, computer science, internet technology, artificial intelligence, big data, electronic engineering, and image processing, etc.

Mr. Hou received his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and Automation in 2012 from Beijing Jiaotong University and his Master of Electronic and Electrical Engineering in 2014 from University of Sheffield.

Mr. Hou got his qualification as a patent attorney in 2017, and got his qualification as an attorney at law in 2019.

Mr. Hou handles a number of cases relating to patent examination, reexamination, invalidation, infringement lawsuit and other IP related matters, including participating in matters including all kinds of analysis including pre-litigation analysis and pre-invalidation analysis; patent invalidation, patent infringement litigation relating to Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and commercial patents. Before joining Liu, Shen & Associates, Mr. Hou Zhiyu worked for a well-known foreign company as an electrical engineer for years.

Representative cases:

-     SEP infringement analysis of standard essential patents for foreign companies such as Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics

-     Patent infringement risk analysis for Lenovo

-     Patent validity assessment and infringement risk analysis for Samsung Electronics V. Huawei in a series of patent infringement and invalidation cases in China, 2016-2017

-     Patent validity assessment and infringement risk analysis for Qualcomm V. Apple in a series of patent infringement and invalidation cases in China, 2018-2019

-     Representing a Taiwanese Touch IC company in a patent invalidation case in China, maintaining target claims valid, 2020

-     Invalidation case between Samsung Electronics V. Ericsson in the patent invalidation case in China , global settled, 2021

-     Patent validity assessment and infringement risk analysis for a well-known Chinese network communication equipment in a series of patent infringement and invalidation cases in United States, 2021-2022

All China Patent Attorneys Association (ACPAA)
All China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

Beijing

Patent

Medical Devices,Organic Chemistry,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English,French

Dr. HUA joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2016. Her practice includes patent drafting, patent prosecution and re-examination, infringement analysis, patent stability analysis, FTO (Freedom-To-Operate) opinions, patent mining and portfolio planning, due diligence assistance and patent contract consultation, etc.

Before joining Liu Shen, Dr. HUA worked as a Research Engineer at Brouard Consulting (France); in 2013, she obtained a Doctorate in Chemistry from the University Paris Sud (France); in 2010, she obtained a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris (France); in 2006-2008, she studied French language and culture in Alliance Francaise in Shanghai and the University of Tours (France); and, in 2006, she obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry from the University of Petroleum, China.   

Dr. HUA is a qualified Patent Attorney and Attorney at Law in China. She has a technical background in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, and Biology. Her working languages are English, French, and Chinese.

Dr. HUA focuses on Patent Law, and has accumulated experiences in all aspects of patent related matters:

-     She has been in charge of hundreds of applications for patent drafting, prosecution, and re-examination, before the Chinese Patent Office, as well as foreign Patent Offices, like EP, US, JP, KR, etc.

-     She has accumulated experience in patent stability analysis, infringement analysis, and FTO (Freedom-To-Operate) opinions. For example, she has provided legal services to a Chinese petroleum company (Fortune 500) on its multiple projects.

-     She has engaged in long term collaboration with a global coating company (Fortune 500) in all aspects of patent related matters, and provides assistance in patent management.

Registered Patent Attorney in China.
Registered Attorney at Law in China.

Beijing

Trademark

Chinese,English

Ms. Huang joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2009; she specializes in filing design application inChina. Ms. Huang got her qualification as patent attorney in 2015。

Ms. Huang had a bachelor degree from Beijing Instituted of Technology in 2009 。

Chengdu

Patent

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

Chinese,English

Ms. Huang began working on intellectual property affairs in 2015 and joined in Liu, Shen since 2017. Ms. Huang provides intellectual property related services such as patent drafting, litigation, patent analysis, patent mining, patent invalidation and litigation analysis, PCT writing and rewriting, responding to the office action, Patent Reexamination and so on for several clients, and gets widely praised by clients. Ms. Huang handles intellectual property affairs in the field of Electronics & Computer Science, communication, algorithms, big data analysis, Internet Technology, Signal and Information processing, Video and Image Processing, etc.

Ms. Huang was admitted as a patent attorney in 2017.

Ms. Huang graduated from the Department of Electronics and Information Engineering at the University of Electronic Science and Technology in 2013 with a master's degree.

Legal Matters that Ms. Huang participated include:

-     Participating the analysis on validity and relevance of patents in a series of patent infringement lawsuits and related invalidation lawsuits between a famous domestic company and a famous foreign company

Published Articles include:

- "Optimization of Scheduling Algorithms for Living Peer-to-Peer Streaming with Scalable Video Coding and Networking Coding", 2012, IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Communication and Control Engineering, first author.

Issued Patents include:

- "A video segment scheduling and transmission method for P2P 3D streaming media system", Patent No.: ZL201310149934.7, inventor.

Patents pending include:

- "A text feature extraction method based on the degree of distinction between classes and high degree of representation within the class", application number: CN201410795989.X, first inventor.

- "An Improved Method for Selecting Text Classification Features", Application number CN201410795989.X, inventor.

- "A method for real-time identification of network protocols", application number: CN201510970577.X, inventor.

- "A Method for Remote 3D Desktop Image Transmission Based on KVM Platform", Application number: CN201510945106.3, inventor.

- "A method and an apparatus for assisting in determining the secret," Application number: CN201510613516.8, inventor.

Awards that Ms. Huang has been honored with include:

- Graduate with provincial outstanding graduate in 2010.

- A candidate for the company's innovation award, awarded by a technology company which is a company that she worked for from 2013 to 2015, in 2014.

北京

特許

機械工程,車両工程

中国語,英語,日本語

韓鋒さんは2013年に柳沈律師事務所に入所し、特許出願と権利化に関する業務に携わっており、自動車部品、半導体、楽器、センサー等の分野を中心に活躍している。特にPPH請求に関する経験が豊富である。

2016年に弁理士資格を取得した。

2013年7月に大連理工大学を卒業し、機械工学及び日本語のダブル学士号を取得した。

2012年7月～8月に三菱化学黒崎事業所の設備技術部でインターンシップした経験がある。

2016年11月 ＪＥＴＲＯ中国ＩＰＧセミナーで「翻訳品質向上に関する検討」というテーマについて発表した。

2019年7月 AIPPI China Youth IP Seminar 2019を参加し、「審査を早める実務経験」というテーマで発表した。

中華全国弁理士会