Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Precision Instruments

Chinese,English

As one of the first group patent attorneys qualified inChina, Ms. Ma started her professional career with the Patent and Trademark Agency of CCPIT in 1983, and participated various preparation works with respect of patent agency operation inChinabefore the promulgation of the first Patent Law of China which was entered into force on April 1, 1985. Ms. Ma worked in mechanical patent division and patent administration division respectively in Patent and Trademark Agency of CCPIT and accumulated rich experiences in handling patent application related matters.

In 1993, Ms. Ma joined Liu, Shen & Associates and became a partner in 1995. As an attorney, Ms. Ma’s expertise and experiences are patent filing, prosecution and invalidation proceedings in the field of mechanical engineering and design patents, as well as providing legal opinions on patent operation related matters. Ms. Ma was invited to join the research project “Third Amendment of the Patent Law” with respect of design patent. As one of the managing partners, Ms. Ma heads the firm’s Patent Docketing Department, and is responsible for coordinating the firm’s patent operations and clients relations.

In 2011, Ms. Ma received “Asia Women in Business Law Awards” and is the only recipient of “Best in Patent and Trademark Prosecution” for her achievements in patent and trademark practice as well as her role in shaping Liu, Shen & Associates into one of theAsia’s leading IP firms.

Ms. Ma graduated from the Beijing University of Science and Technology (B.S. 1983), majoring in mechanical engineering. She received professional training at an intellectual property law firm inGermanyfrom 1986 to 1987. 

-      MIP «Coping with Article33 inProsecution»

-      Patent Attorney’s Service and Working Process, 2013 «专利代理事务及流程» - Practicing Training Tutorial Series for Patent Attorney《专利代理人执业培训系列教程》

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Attorneys Association (ACPAA)

Association Internationale pourla Protectiondela Propriété Intellectuelle(AIPPI)

International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)

Licensing Executives Society (LES) 

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) 

Beijing

Patent

Electrooptical Technology,Mechanical Engineering,Semiconductor

Chinese,English

Ms. Meng joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2014. She specializes in patent drafting and response to office action with a focus on mechanical engineering, material science, semiconductor, display devices as well as photoelectricity.

Ms. Meng got her qualification as an attorney at law in 2013.

Ms. Meng received a bachelor's degree in Material Science & Engineering from Tianjin University in 2010. 

Ms. Meng won praise from clients and was elected as “Excellent Patent Attorney” by Client BOE Co., Ltd.

Beijing

Patent

Material Science,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Dr. Mou joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2010. He specializes in patent drafting, prosecution, re-examination, invalidation, administrative litigation, legal opinion, client counseling and due diligence with a focus on the field of pharmaceutical science, crop science, chemistry, material, food, cosmetics, biology and so on.

Dr. Mou is qualified as a patent attorney in 2012, and qualified as an attorney at law in 2015. He has participated in several patent lawsuits including patent infringement and patent invalidation. He has also participated in patent stability analysis, FTO, patent searching and infringement analysis, as well as trade secret counseling in the firm.

Dr. Mou received his bachelor’s degree and doctorial degree in Medicinal Chemistry fromPekingUniversityin 2004 and 2010 respectively. Before joining this firm, Dr. Mou has completed a whole year internship at the HIV department of GSK in NC,USA. He also had a four months’ secondment at Bayer China Limited in 2015, to assist the IPR department with the IP affairs.

Dr. Mou joined a course at China University of Political science and Law for master’s degree in civil and commercial law and intellectual property law in 2016-2017, and received his Master of Laws (LLM) degree from The John Marshall Law School (JMLS) in Chicago, IL, USA, with a major on Intellectual Property Law, in 2017, with Honors.

Dr. Mou has a good scientific background in the pharmaceutical industry, and has a good understanding of the Patent Portfolio of the pharmaceutical companies including R&D, patent application and patent enforcement.

Presentations given by Dr. Mou include:

-   Legal concept and its purposeful explanation

-   Amendments to claims in an invalidation procedure

-   Strategy of establishing the inventiveness for inhibitors with a different target

-   Overview of trade secret

-   Trade secret -- cases from the Supreme Court

-   Practice and tips in pharmaceutical patent drafting

Paper published by Dr. Mou on the website of Liu & Shen includes:

-   Overview of trade secret

-   Amending a Markush claim in an invalidation procedure becomes more difficult

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

Mechanical Engineering,Material Science,Semiconductor

Chinese,English

Mr. Peng began his legal career in patent laws in July, 2002 and joined Liu, Shen & Associates in April, 2005.

Mr. Peng obtained the qualification as an attorney at law in 2003 and obtained the qualification as a patent attorney in 2004. Mr. Peng’s current practice mainly focuses on patent enforcement including patent litigation and administration proceedings, patent prosecution and invalidation in the technical fields of mechanical engineering, material science, semiconductor device and process, display device, and so on. Mr. Peng’s services also include providing clearance opinions and patent strategy consultations for corporations, providing legal advice, and giving training on patent laws and related issues. Also, Mr. Peng has assisted Chinese applicants in patent application filing and prosecution with foreign patent offices, such as USPTO, EPO, JPO, KIPO, etc.

Mr. Peng obtained a bachelor degree and a master degree for material science and engineering from Tsinghua University in 2000 and 2002, respectively. Mr. Peng further obtained a master of law degree (LLM) from The John Marshall Law School in the United States of America in 2009.

Civil Litigation

-      Siemens v Beijing Lida Huaxin (2008), patent infringement litigation and related patent invalidation, Beijing First Intermediate Court (First Instance), representing the plaintiff (patentee).

       The infringement litigation was settled before the Court and the defendant paid damages of RMB 4 Million to the patentee; the related patent was held valid in the patent invalidation proceedings.

-      Staubli v. Nibo Xiaohui (2010), patent infringement litigation and patent invalidation, Ningbo Intermediate Court (First Instance), representing the plaintiff (patentee).

       The infringement litigation was settled before the Court and the defendant paid damages of RMB 100,000 to the patentee; the related patent was held valid in the patent invalidation proceedings.

-      Staubli v. Shanghai Chaocheng (2010), patent infringement litigation and patent invalidation, Shanghai First Intermediate Court (First Instance) and Shanghai High Court (Second Instance), representing the plaintiff (patentee).

       The Court decided in favor of the patentee in the patent infringement proceedings, and the defendant was ordered for permanent injunction and damages of RMB 150, 000; the related patent was held valid in the patent invalidation proceedings.

-      Staubli v. Changshu Textile (2010), patent infringement litigation and patent invalidation, Suzhou Intermediate Court (First Instance) and Jiangsu High Court (Second Instance), representing the plaintiff (patentee).

       The Court decided in favor of the patentee in patent infringement proceedings and the defendant was ordered for injunction and damages of RMB 250,000; the related patent was held valid in the patent invalidation proceedings. This case was designated as the Top 10 Intellectual Property Cases in Jiangsu Province in 2013.

-      IEE v. Golden Times (2013), patent infringement litigation and patent invalidation, Beijing Second Intermediate Court (First Instance), representing the plaintiff (patentee).

       The infringement litigation was settled before the Court and the defendant agrees to stop the infringing activities.

-      Wang He v. IEE (2014), patent infringement litigation and patent invalidation, Shenyang Intermediate Court, representing the defendant.

       The patent at issue was invalidated in the patent invalidation proceedings, and the plaintiff withdrawn the infringement case.

Patent Invalidation or Administrative Litigation

-      Kubota v. Patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO (2010), patent administrative action, Beijing First Intermediate Court (First Instance), Beijing High Court (Second Instance), and Supreme Court (Certiorari), representing the plaintiff (applicant). The High Court reversed the re-examination decision unfavorable to the applicant and remanded it to the SIPO for further examination.

-      Kaneka v. Patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO (2013), patent administrative action, Beijing First Intermediate Court (First Instance) and Beijing High Court (Second Instance), representing the plaintiff (patentee). The Intermediate Court reversed the invalidation decision unfavorable to the patentee and patent was held valid.

-      BOE v. Patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO (2014), patent administrative action, Beijing First Intermediate Court (First Instance) and Beijing High Court (Second Instance), representing the plaintiff (applicant). The High Court reversed the re-examination decision unfavorable to the applicant and remanded it to the SIPO for further examination.

-      Panasonic v. Yinzhou Jingneng (2011), patent invalidation, patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO, representing the invalidation petitioner. The Board held the design patent invalid because the patent was in conflict with the previous trademark right of the petitioner.

-      Bayer A/G v. Novo Nordisk A/S (2011), patent invalidation, patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO, representing the invalidation petitioner. The Board held the design patent partially invalid.

-      P&G v. Ruan Shixing (2012), patent invalidation, patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO, representing the invalidation petitioner. The Board held the design patent partially invalid.

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

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,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering,Semiconductor

Chinese,English

Ms. QIAN joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2001 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2002. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, and client counseling with a focus on Automatic control; Telecommunication; Electrical & Electronics; Semiconductor; Computer Science; Internet.

Ms. QIAN had a master's degree from Beijing Institute of Technology in 1994. Before joining this firm, Ms. QIAN worked as an electronic product developer for six years. She received training in France in 2009. 

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

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

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)

Beijing

Patent

Electrooptical Technology,Material Science,Semiconductor

Chinese,English

Mr. QIU joined Liu, Shen & Associates in February 2005.  Mr. QIU is qualified as a patent attorney in 2008 and qualified as an attorney at law in 2012.  Mr. Qiu’s practice includes IP litigation, patent prosecution, invalidation and dispute resolutions before SIPO and the courts, and counseling on IP strategies, patent licensing, IP related contracts and patent due diligence works.  Mr. QIU specialized in semiconductor processing and device including memory technology, optical engineering including microlithography, virtual reality technology and display technology, materials engineering and mechanical engineering. 

Mr. QIU also provided patent training and patent mining for R&D personnel of clients, and presented various topics on patent prosecution and litigation in domestic and international conferences. 

Mr. QIU was graduated from Tsinghua University with a bachelor and master degree of engineer in a major of Materials Since and Engineering.  Mr. QIU also studied and worked at University of Michigan and was graduated from John Marshall Law School with a master of Law degree. 

Mr. Qiu has led or participated patent litigations including

Goertek vs. Knowles, representing Goertek as patentee in 5 patent infringement cases; winning 2 cases with damage awards over RMB 70 million in 1st instance；

Staubli vs. Ningbo Hanghai, representing Staubli as patentee, winning at 1st instance; and

Carl Zeiss SMT vs. Nikon, representing Carl Zeiss SMT as petitioner in multiple patent invalidation cases, all patents held invalid or partially invalid; and

HRID vs. INETE, representing HIRD as petitioner, the patent held invalid.

Mr. Qiu has authored professional articles including:

-     “Technical inspiration in determining inventive step of a patent” Examination Work Reports, 2011

-     “Functional Feature in Chinese Patent Infringement Litigation” Managing IP, 2015

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Chengdu

Patent

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

Chinese,English

Ms. Qu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2012. Ms. Qu became a qualified patent attorney in 2016. Ms. Qu specializes in patent prosecution and re-examination with a focus on communications, electronics, computer science, internet, semiconductor, graphical processing etc.

Legal Matters 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:

-     “How to apply provisional patent rights protection in China for foreign enterprises＂, Japanese Edition of IAM-media, Nov.2015, second author

-     “Brief Introduction to Application of Doctrine of Estoppel in China,” Asia IP, Feb.2016, second author

Involved training programs include:

-     Fifth Annual U.S. Patent Law and Practice Symposium held by HSML, September 26^th to October 4^th of 2017

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Material Science,Inorganic Material

Chinese,English

Ms. Qu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2000 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2002. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, and client counseling with a focus on Textile machinery; Textile technology; Mechanical engineering; Vehicle; Security Element; Optical; Welding; Metallurgy; Material science; Storage and Display devices.

Ms. Qu obtained a master degree majoring in textile engineering in 2000 from Xi'an Polytechnic University. She received training from Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP, U.S.A .in 2006.

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

CHINESE  NATIONAL  GROUP  OF AIPPI 

Beijing

Patent

Material Science,Semiconductor

Chinese,English

Ms. Qu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2005 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2007. 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 an attorney at law in 2013. She has participated in several patent lawsuits including patent regarding patent invalidation.

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 by one of the most important client.

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)