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)
Beijing
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Lin LI, as a patent attorney and attorney at law, joining Liu, Shen & Associates since 2003, has gained abundant experiences in various patent-related affairs. His current practice includes patent drafting, prosecution, reexamination, invalidation, litigation, patent analysis and client counseling with focuses on telecommunication and computer science, electrical engineering and automatic control, as well as networking & e-commerce.
Mr. LI obtained LL.M. from John Marshall Law School in Chicago, U.S.A., with Honors (2016.9-12), master degree of Telematics (Telecommunication & Informatics) from University of Twente in the Netherlands (2001-2003), and bachelor degree of Automation from Beijing University of Technology (1995-2000).
Mr. LI also had years of working experience in the field of Intellectual Property with Beijing Longshuang Intellectual Property Retrieval Service Co., LTD. (2000-2001) before he joined the law firm of Liu, Shen & Associates.
Mr. LI works in the firm's Electrical and Electronics Department. Mr. LI is a member of the All-China Patent Agents Association. Mr. LI’s working languages are Chinese and English.
Representative Litigations:
- Samsung v. Huawei, patent infringement regarding a Non-SEP patent initiated before Xi’an Intermediate Court, and the corresponding invalidation heard by the Patent Reexamination Board of CNIPA, 2016-2017
- Samsung v. Huawei, patent infringement regarding a Non-SEP patent initiated before Beijing IP Court, and the corresponding invalidation heard by the Patent Reexamination Board of CNIPA, 2016-2017
- Samsung v. Huawei, patent infringement regarding a Non-SEP patent initiated before Shenzhen Intermediate Court, and the corresponding invalidation heard by the Patent Reexamination Board of CNIPA, 2016-2017
- Huawei v. Samsung, patent infringement regarding a Non-SEP patent initiated before Xi’an Intermediate Court, and the corresponding invalidation heard by the Patent Reexamination Board of CNIPA, 2016-2017
Patent Pre-litigation Analysis Projects:
- Mr. LI has rich practical experience in patent analysis as client counseling and pre-litigation analysis, including dozens of communication standard essential patents (SEP) and commercial patents (Non-SEP), to evaluate validity degree against searched prior art, to analyze relevance degree with respect to potential target products, or relevant communication standards.
Representative Speeches:
- “Invention Relating to Computer Program”, Siemens AG, November 2015
- “Computer Program Related Applications in China”, Chicago Seminar, October 2016
- “Discussion on Business Method Patents”, LiuShen workshop, September 2015
- “Functional Features and MPF”, LiuShen workshop, April 2015
- “U.S. Copyright and Happy Birthday Song”, LiuShen workshop, April 2016
- “International Exhaustion and Parallel Imports”, LiuShen workshop, January 2017
- “Inspirations from Invalidation & Litigation in China”, visiting Korean client, March 2018
- “AI Industry Overview and Patenting in China”, visiting US clients, May 2018
- “Patenting of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in China”, visiting Korean client, July 2019
- “Patenting AI inventions in China and Amendment to Examination Guidelines”, AIPPI, September 2020
- "Software Copyright Registration Practice", Siemens Software Copyright Series Training (Lecture 2), LiuShen online courses (Beijing), July 2022
Representative Researches:
- Participating FRAND related case search in global scope, screening, translation and editing of the book FRAND Case Selection, 2018-2019
- Participating research report on Intellectual Property Protection for Artificial Intelligence, 2019
- Participating research report on Intellectual Property Protection for Artificial Intelligence, 2021
- “Strategies for coping with inventiveness challenges for inventions involving technology migration from 4G to 5G”, customized research report
- “Analysis of Computer Readable Medium Claims”, a study on protection of CRM/CP/CPP/RMSS claims in China, May 2023
- “Case Summary of Examination on Eligibility Issue”, case summary and analysis of intensive “Article 2.2” rejections (2022.11-2023.10), research report for target clients, October 2023
- “Amendments of Implementing Regulations of Patent Law, Guidelines for Patent Examination and Other Supporting Regulations and Impacts Thereof on Practice”, Section 1.2.5 “Adjustments and Improvements to the Examination Rules for Computer-Related Applications, Further Adapting to the Development of Emerging Fields and New Business Models”, research report for target clients, January 2024
Representative Publications:
- “Drafting Best Functional Technical Features in China”, Asia IP, April 2016
- “Protecting AI-related Innovations in China”, first-author, Managing IP, Summer 2020
- “Introduction of Patent Confidential Application and Confidentiality Examination System”, IPLEAD, October 2022
- “Introduction of European Unitary Patent (UP) and Unified Patent Court (UPC) and Suggestions on Application Strategies” (also entitled as “The European Unitary Patent System is coming, how to apply for a patent is the best?”), IPLEAD, May 2023
- “Analysis on Responding Essentials of Examination Opinions for SEP related Patent Applications”, IP Frontier, November 2023
- “A Glance of Examination Rule on AI-related Invention”，a study based on “Report on Comparative Study on AI-related Inventions jointly by CNIPA and JPO”，LS newsletter, December 2023
- “Comments on/Proposed Amendments to the 2022 Draft Revised Patent Examination Guidelines”, Part 10 “Examination on Principle of Good Faith”, Part 11 “Examination on Obviously Lack of Inventiveness for Utility Model Application”, and Part 12 “Computer Program related Invention Application”, LS newsletter, January 2024
Member of All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Member of International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
Volunteer Expert of “Intellectual Property Protecting Service Experts Database” of Beijing Patent Attorney Association (BJPAA), 2021-2025
Beijing
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electrical Engineering,Electronics Engineering,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Mr. Dongguo Liang joined Liu, Shen & Associates in August 2012. He mainly specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, patent licensing, IP litigation, and client counseling with a focus on semiconductors, electronic circuits, telecommunication, automation control, and computer science.
Mr. Dongguo Liang handles a number of cases related to patent examination, reexamination, invalidation, administrative litigation, infringement litigation, license, and other IP related matters during his work in the Law Firm. He represented Samsung against a large domestic communication enterprise in a series of patent invalidation cases and related infringement cases from 2016. During this period, Mr. Liang also involved in analyzing for hundreds of 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 his case relative with 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 in Philadelphia, USA from July to August, 2016.
Mr. Liang obtained his Master of Microelectronics from Institute of Microelectronics of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2008, before that he got the Bachelor’s degree of Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2005. He also got his Master of Law from Temple University, USA in 2016, in order to provide better services to clients.
Representative cases:
- 2020, Onmicro V. Feixiang for a series of patent infringement and invalidation cases;
- 2016-2019, participating in a series of patent infringement and invalidation cases between Samsung Electronics V. a domestic communication enterprise;
- 2018, participating in a series of patent infringement and invalidation cases between Qualcomm V. Apple；
- 2017, Samsung v. Guangsheng for a patent of encoder.
Representative Publications and speech:
- “Calculation of global licensing fees for SEP patents,” IPLEAD, January 2024;
- “Frand case selection”，March 2018；
- “How to apply provisional patent rights protection in China for foreign enterprises,” Japanese Edition of IAM-media, Nov.2015.
- “Comparison of ownership of the Employees’ Inventions in Different Countries” on 2015 AIPPI China Youth IP Seminar.
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
Medical Devices,Material Science,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Life Science,Chemical Engineering
Chinese,English
Dr. Liu is a partner of Liu Shen & Associates. He is qualified as a patent attorney, attorney-at-law, M&A dealmaker (intermediate), and IPMS (intellectual property management system) auditor; and he is a lecturer of the CIPSA (Capital Intellectual Property Services Association), and also a lecturer of WIP Open Courses by the Intellectual Property Press.
Dr. Liu focuses mainly on intellectual property strategic consulting, patent portfolio management, patent infringement, validity, and freedom-to-operate opinions, and due diligence; representing many multinational pharmaceutical companies, small and medium-sized innovative companies in handling intellectual property, especially in the field of pharmacy, chemistry, material science, chemical engineering and medical device.
Dr. Liu obtained his B.S. in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, both from Fudan University (China, 2001 and 2007), and obtained his Master of Laws in Intellectual Property Law from John Marshall Law School (the U.S., 2016).
Dr. Liu leaded more than 80 non-litigation IP related cases since 2016. The technical field includes small molecular pharmaceutical, bio-molecular pharmaceutical, biosimilar, drug delivery system, polymer and health care etc.
Representative IP related cases that could be disclosed include
- IP Due diligence, in the transaction of. YH25448 against NSCLC from Yuhan Corporation, for Luoxin Pharma, 2016
- IP Due diligence, in the license in of NVRX-5133, for C-bridge Capital, 2018
- Freedom-to-operate opinions on its polymer products and synthesis routs for Sinopec Group, 2017-2019
Dr. Liu participated in almost 20 invalidation/litigation cases in total, including re-examination/invalidation procedure, first instance, second instance and retrial procedure.
Representative cases that could be disclosed include
- Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH (BI, German) v. PRB (China), representing BI in the Beijing Intermediate court and higher court (2012-2014)
- Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH (BI, German) v. PRB (China), Third Party: Jiangsu Chia-tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (China), representing BI at the stage of invalidation and court (the Beijing Intermediate court and higher court as well as the Supreme Court) procedures (2010-2013)
Presentation that Dr. LIU has publicly made include
- “IP Management for Biopharmaceutical company”, Beijing, CHINA, 2020
- “Due diligence of patent”, Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, CHINA, 2019
- “Introduction of Invalidation in China”, Myers Wolin, LLC, NJ USA, 2018
- “Patent Eligible Subject Matter in China”, Myers Wolin, LLC, NJ USA, 2018
- “Application of Doctrine of Equivalence in life cases”, 2017 AIPPI China IP Seminar
- “Sufficient Disclosure and Support issues in Chinese patent prosecution in chemical and pharmaceutical areas”, Seminar of Patent Practice in China held by Liu, Shen & Associates in Chicago of USA, 2015
Publications that Dr. LIU has authored include
- “Patent practice: recent developments in life sciences in China”, IAM Life Sciences, 2019, [Co-author]
- “Implications of recent life sciences cases in China,” IAM Life Sciences, 2017 [Co-author]
- “晶型药物专利在中国的审查及撰写技巧-基于复审、无效、新政诉讼案例实证分析,” Pharm IPR annual forum 2016, [Co-author]
- “Disclosure Requirements Undergoing Change,” IAM Life Sciences, 2015 [Co-author]
- “China’s evolving patent system,” AIPLA Daily Report, October 23, 2015 [Co-author]
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
All China Lawyers Association (ACLA)
Beijing
Patent
Mechanical Engineering,Medical Devices,Precision Instruments
Chinese,English
EDUCATION:
Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University Master Degree
Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Tsinghua University Bachelor Degree
Ms. Liu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2016. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, IP litigation, and client counseling with a focus on mechatronic engineering, medical equipment, automotive engineering, and MEMS, etc.
Ms. Liu became a qualified patent attorney in 2016 and obtained her lawyer's qualification certificate in 2018.
Main Clients Ms. Liu Worked for:
- Google, Schneider, TE Connectivity, VALEO, etc.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
Ms. Liu has participated in many cases about patent analysis, patent invalidation or patent infringement litigation including:
- Patent infringement litigation and related patent invalidation, a well-known household appliance company;
- Patent infringement litigation and related patent invalidation, a well-known electric company;
- Patent Invalidation, a well-known medical instrument company (patent owner);
- FTO analysis, a US medical device startup company;
- Patent invalidity analysis for a known UK company
Publications
Ms. Liu did research focused on microfluidic chips, in vitro diagnosis, in vitro fertilization, and forensic analysis during her Master study. Her selected publications are:
- “Separation of sperm and epithelial cells based on the hydrodynamic effect for forensic analysis”, Biomicrofluidics 9, 044127 (2015);
- “The construction of an interfacial valve-based microfluidic chip for thermotaxis evaluation of human sperm”, Biomicrofluidics 8, 024102 (2014)
- “In vitro hyperthermia based on a multi-mode detection chip with impedance sensing”, Journal of Tsinghua University (Science and Technology),2016, 56(7): 751-758.
Shenzhen
Patent
Mechanical Engineering,Medical Devices,Precision Instruments
Chinese,English
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University Master Degree
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University Bachelor Degree
Mr. Li joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2018. He was qualified as a patent attorney and attorney-at-law in 2019.
Mr. Li specializes in patent drafting, prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, IP litigation, and counseling with a focus on medical devices, molecular detection, biochip, robot, MEMS, automobile engineering, etc.
Before joining Liu, Shen & Associates, Mr. Li worked for IPO and refinancing business in the Investment Banking Department of China Merchants Securities.
Main Clients Mr. Li Worked for:
- Google, VALEO, Schneider, TE Connectivity, BOE, etc.
Mr. Li drafted many new patent applications for many corporations, including Schneider electrics, Valeo Siemens eAutomotive, Kone elevators, BOE, Leili motors, etc.
Representative cases that Mr. Li has participated are as follows.
1. Representing a domestic hydraulic equipment company HL to won the patent invalidation procedure against a Japanese company.
2. Representing a projection equipment company TD in Taiwan Province, to settle the patent invalidation procedure filed by a domestic competitor company.
3. Entrusted by a domestic supplier of EMU parts FY to conduct a patent infringement risk analysis and patent layout report for its products.
4. Entrusted by investment institutions to analyze the patent stability and evaluate the infringement risk of its core products of a domestic medical equipment company and an AI medical imaging company.
Main Project Experience:
− Thin film thermocouple sensors for monitoring cutting temperature
Research on label-free molecular detection methods and construction of corresponding system;
Research on single cell capture and culture;
Development of adaptive underactuated robot hand.
Beijing
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing
Chinese,English
Ms. Li joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2003. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, invalidation, litigation, and client counseling with a focus on telecommunication, computer science, electronics, and signal processing.
Ms. Li became a qualified patent attorney in 2002. The cases she has handled relates to patent prosecution/re-examination/invalidation/litigation as well as patent analysis and search.
Ms. Li had a Bachelor degree in Wireless Communication Engineering from Haijun Engineering University, PRC in 1994 and had an LLM degree in IP law from The John Marshall Law School, USA in 2010. Before joining this firm, Ms. Li had worked as an engineer at Radio Research Institute for 9 years. She received training from China University of Political Science and Law in civil and commercial law during 2008-2010.
Representative lecture that Ms. Li has made:
“Independent and dependent claims comparison among the USA, EU, and PRC”
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Beijing
Patent
Electrical Engineering,Electronics Engineering,Electrooptical Technology,Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Medical Devices,Precision Instruments,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Chemical Engineering
Chinese,English,German
Ms. Li became a qualified patent attorney in 2012 and joined Liu Shen & Associates in 2013. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination with a focus on mechanical devices, paper machinery, chemical & bioengineering, Energy & Power, automobiles.
Ms. Li had a Diplom-Ingenieur degree from Dresden University of Technology in 2011. Before joining Liu Shen & Associates, Ms. Li worked in Panawell & Partners, LLC as a patent attorney for two years. During study in Germany she served in Sachsen Milch, Max-Bergmann center and Schott-Glass as technical developer.
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI)
Chengdu
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering,Image Processing
Chinese,English
Ms. Li started practice in intellectual property affairs in Liu, Shen since 2017. Ms. Li provides intellectual property related services such as patent drafting, patent prosecution, patent analysis, patent search, patent navigation and so on for several clients. Ms. Li is dedicated to providing a wide range of high-quality intellectual property services for clients. Ms. Li handles intellectual property affairs in the field of Electronics & Computer Science, Internet Technology, Signal and Information processing, Image Processing, Semiconductor Technology, Telecommunication, and Electrical engineering etc..
From July 2014 to November 2017, Ms. Li worked as a Patent Examiner in the electrical field in Patent Examination Cooperation Sichuan Center of the Patent Office, SIPO.
Ms. Li was admitted as a patent attorney in 2016.
Ms. Li received her Master's degree from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences with a major on Control Engineering in year 2014, and received a Bachelor’s degree from Dalian University of Technology in year 2011.
When Ms. Li was working as an electricity patent examiner, the work include:
- Examining 350 + domestic and foreign electrical patent applications;
- Participating in the quality inspection team of the department to control the quality of the Office Action;
Published Articles include:
- 《Summary of Active Power Filter in the aspect of Patent》，No.6, 2016，Journal of Electrical Power
Beijing
Trademark
Chinese,English
Practice Fields
-Domestic and foreign trademark consulting and strategic management.
-Trademark search, application, transfer, renewal, change, etc.
-Trademark review, opposition, invalidation, etc.
Work Experience
Ms. Li entered the IP industry in 2016 and has been focusing on IP management, operation and trademark services for a long time. She joined Liu Shen & Associates in 2021 and obtained her legal professional qualification certificate in the same year.
Prior to joining Liu Shen & Associates, Ms. Li worked in an IP operation company for 5 years. During this period, she was involved in the fields including enterprise trademark layout, trademark defense, advertising planning and market research etc.
Educational Background
Ms. Li received a bachelor's degree in Marketing from Dalian University of Foreign Languages and a master's degree in English Translation from Sichuan International Studies University.
Shanghai
Patent
Life Science
Chinese,English
Mr. Weixiang Li is a patent attorney of Chemistry Department of Liu, Shen & Associates and qualified as a patent attorney in 2009. His current practice includes patent prosecution, patent invalidation process and client counseling with a focus on biotechnology and pharmaceutical. Weixiang Li has also provided services of patent retrieval and infringement analysis. He is skillful in drafting application documents in such fields as biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, molecular genetics and pharmaceutical technology, etc, and experienced in preparing responses to office actions in the substantive examination proceedings, and handling reexamination and invalidation cases in the above fields. He is a member of All-China Patent Agents Association.
Mr. Li started his legal profession in 2008 with Liu Shen and he has been representing domestic and international clients for many years. Prior to joining Liu Shen, he was engaged in research and development in life science.
Mr. Weixiang Li received a Bachelor's degree of biology in 2005 from Nanjing Normal University and a Master’s degree of microbiology in 2008 from Nanjing Agriculture University.
Mr. Weixiang Li has dealt with patent affairs for some famous foreign and domestic applicants, including Roche, Dow, Senofi and Meng Niu Dairy etc., and accumulated rich experience in aspects such as drafting and responding to office actions. Moreover, he has attended some important conferences in IP, such as ACPAA & JPAA symposium (2009), China Law Practice awards (2013), and IPBC Asia (2015).
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
