Beijing
Patent
Mechanical Engineering,Material Science,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Allen Tao is an attorney at law and patent attorney in China, and a partner at the law firm of Liu, Shen & Associates.
Mr. TAO specializes in patent invalidation, litigation and dispute resolutions before administrative agencies and the courts, and counseling on IP strategies and patent clearance search. He also specialized in patent prosecution works on material, semiconductor, display, and mechanical engineering. Since 1998, he has handled dozens of patent related proceedings before the Courts and some cases relating to trademarks, trade secrets, and copyright issues. Mr. TAO has represented a number of multi-national corporations for litigation cases to defense and enforce their IPs in China. Mr. TAO also specialized in contractual issues, licensing, and other IP related issues for the foreign companies’ business in China.
Mr. TAO received his bachelor degree and a master degree in material science and technology from University of Electronics Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in 1988 and 1991. He received professional training at the law firm in Germany in 1997 and further obtained a master of law degree (LLM) from The John Marshall Law School in the United States in 2001 and a master of law degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) in 2004. Mr. TAO had worked in a research institute for four years and then joined the law firm, Liu, Shen & Associates in 1995.
1．Esco v Fumei, patent and trademark infringement litigation, Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court and Beijing High Court, representing the plaintiff. The court decided that the defendant stop infringement and pay damages to the plaintiff. (2008)
2． Staubli v Changshu Textile, patent infringement litigation, Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court and Beijing High Court, representing the plaintiff. The court decided that the defendant stop infringement and pay damages 0.66m. (2007)
3．Feng Yong v Microsoft, trade secret litigation, Wuhan Intermediate Court and Hubei High Court, representing the defendant. Wuhan Intermediate Court found no trade secret of the plaintiff and Hubei High Court mediated the case. (2003)
4．Dai Peijun v GE, utility model patent infringement litigation, Beijing No. 1 Intermediate Court, representing the defendant. The case was dismissed after the answer from the plaintiff. (2003)
5．Li Dan v Microsoft, patent infringement litigation, Beijing No. 1 Intermediate Court, representing the defendant. The case was dismissed after the answer from the plaintiff. (2003)
6．Kone v Suzhou Fujia Enke, patent infringement litigation, Suzhou IntermediateCourt, representing the plaintiff. The Court decided that the defendant stop infringement and pay damages. (2008)
7．Kone v Zhejiang United, patent infringement, Hangzhou Intermediate Court, representing the plaintiff. The Court decided that the defendant stop infringement and pay damages. (2008)
8．Siemens v Beijing Lida Huaxin, patent infringement litigation, Beijing No. 1 Intermediate Court, representing the plaintiff. The case was mediated before the court and the defendant pay damages RMB 4m. (2008)
9．Esco v Ningbo Fumei, patent infringement litigation, Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court and Beijing High Court, representing the plaintiff. The court decided that the defendant stops the infringement and pay damages. (2008)
10．Esco v Ningbo Huicheng, patent infringement litigation, Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court and Beijing High Court, representing the plaintiff. The court decided that the defendant stops the infringement and pay damages. (2008)
11．Esco v Tianjin Woda, patent infringement litigation, Tianjin Intermediate Court, representing the plaintiff. The court mediated the case and the defendant stops the infringement and pay damages. (2009)
12．Xu Shichang v. Samsung, patent infringement litigation, Shenzhen Court and Guangdong High Court, representing the defendant, successfully defending for no infringement. This case was designated as the Top 10 Intellectual Property Cases in Guangdong in 2012. (2012)
13．Staubli v. Changshu Textile, patent infringement litigation, Suzhou Court and Jiangsu High Court, representing the plaintiff. The court decided for patent infringement and the defendant was ordered for injunction and damages. This case was designated as the Top 10 Intellectual Property Cases in Jiangsu in 2013.
14．Goertek v. Knowles, patent infringement litigation, Weifang Court, representing the plaintiff. Damages RMB 37.2 million. (2014/4/22)
15．Author of book "Patent Reexamination & Invalidation Practice" (2013)
16．Author of paper "Amendment Rules after Grant of Patent" (2004)
17．Author of chapter "Indirect Infringement in China" of book "Patent Infringement Worldwide - Claim Interpretation - Infringement - Damages" Edited by Jan Bushche et al Carl Heymanns Verlag (2010)
18．Honored as 'Leading Patent Attorneys in China' by SIPO in 2014
Beijing
Patent
Mechanical Engineering
Chinese,English
Ms. Tian joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2001 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2004. Ms. Tian’s current practice includes patent registration procedure, all kinds of subsequent prosecutions of granted patents and in charge of renewal group.
Ms. Tian had obtained a bachelor degree in 1995 from Northwestern Polytechnical University majoring in Plastic Forming Technology and Equipment.
Beijing
Trademark
Chinese,English
Ms. Tian joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2004 as trademark attorney and became a qualified attorney at law in 2006. Before joining Liu, Shen & Associates, Ms. Tian worked in Tax and Legal Service section of PriceWaterhouseCoopers Beijing Office and has been qualified as China CPA since 2001.
Her expertise includes 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; counseling services in respect of trademark strategy and comprehensive trademark issues.
Education
LLM, University of Sydney, Australia
B.A. of English Linguistics and Literature, Peking University
B.A. of Economics, Peking University
Typical Trademark opposition/invalidation & Litigation Cases
- Magellan Textile Holdings Limited v. LUO Jiangwei and his associated parties, representing Magellan Textile Holdings in the above mentioned series opposition/invalidation and litigation cases based on prior copyright over the “PP PRETTY POLLY” logo and the close relationship between the goods falling in dissimilar classes.
- BlueScope Steel Limited v. Guangzhou Lian He Gang Jie Gou You Xian Gong Si, representing BlueScope Steel in series opposition cases based on the close relationship between the goods and services and the business relationship between the two parties
- R… And Everything Else, Inc. v. YE Jianfeng, representing R… and Everything Else in litigation against the opposed mark based on close relationship between the goods falling in dissimilar sub-classes.
- BLANCPAIN SA v. Golden Circle Limited, representing Golden Circle defending in the opposition and litigation cases against BLANCPAIN’s challenge based on claim of “well-known” trademarks of BLANCPAIN and its Chinese version.
- Joseph Schulte-Ufer KG v. Miji Electronics and Appliances(Shanghai)Ltd., representing Joseph Schulte-Ufer KG in invalidation and the successive litigation cases against Miji based on their business relationship between the parties.
Typical Counseling Cases
- Comprehensive IP counseling including trademark, copyright and domain name protection for a multi-national corporation and its WOFE in China for over ten years
- Trademark counseling services for five European based companies for ten years.
All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)
China CPA
Beijing
Patent
Bio & Pharmaceutical,Life Science
Chinese,English
Dr. Tu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in early 2015 and got the certificate of patent attorney in 2015. He specializes in patent application drafting, prosecution, reexamination and Infringement analysis, with a profession in the fields of immunology, cell biology and molecular biology, especially in immunotherapy, cancer treatment and antibody drugs.
Before joining Liu, Shen & Associates, Dr. Tu got his Ph.D. of Cell Biology from Infection and Immunity Center, Institute of Biophysics of Chinese Academy. During his Ph.D research, he participated in several projects involving antibody drug development and cancer treatment.
Dr. Tu has drafted high quality patent applications in different technical fields including immunotherapy, antibody drugs and applications in cell biology. Dr. Tu has also handled a large number of prosecutions and reexaminations of applications in various fields, and has gained abundant experience in the patent practice in China, US, EP and other countries.
Beijing
Patent,Copyright
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Ms. Wan started practice in intellectual property affairs in Liu, Shen since 2007. Ms. Wan provides intellectual property related services such as patent drafting, patent prosecution, litigation, patent analysis, patent search, patent navigation, patent monetization, legal counseling, intellectual property strategy and so on for several clients, and gets widely praised as Excellent Patent Attorney Awards and so on. Ms. Wan also has been invited as an honored guest to attend clients’ production release conferences. Ms. Wan is dedicated to providing a wide range of high-quality intellectual property services for clients. Ms. Wan handles intellectual property affairs in the field of Electronics & Computer Science, Internet Technology, Signal and Information processing, Image Processing, Semiconductor Technology, Telecommunication, and Automation etc..
Ms. Wan was admitted as a patent attorney in 2007 and admitted as a Chinese lawyer in 2009.
Ms. Wan received her Master of Laws (LLM) degree from The John Marshall Law School (JMLS) in Chicago, IL, USA, with a major on Intellectual Property Law, fall, 2012. During the study, she got a CALI Award by winning the highest grade on Substantive Patent Law class, and received the Graduate with Honors Award. Ms. Wan received her Master and bachelor's degrees both from Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication (BUPT) with a major on Signal and Information Processing Technology during 2000-2007. Before joining Liu, Shen, Ms. Wan worked in France Telecom R&D Beijing as an intern researcher in 2006.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
I. Civil Litigation
- A Chinese electric information technology company v. a multinational mobile device manufacturer, patent infringement litigation, Shanghai intellectual Court, representing the defendant. This case is pending.
- A Chinese mobile device manufacturer v. a multinational mobile device manufacturer, a series of SEP and Non-SEP patent infringement litigations, Shenzhen, Xi’an and Beijing, representing the multinational mobile device manufacturer; the cases are pending.
- A US communication company v. a US mobile device manufacturer, several patent infringement litigations, representing the US communication company; the cases are pending.
II. Free-to-Operate (FTO) consultation
- SOFTWARE MOTOR CORPORATION FTO consultation (2017).
- Chehejia (China) Corporation patent map, Patent Portfolio, and patent mining.
Published Articles include
- Technology mining: the key to extracting maximum patent value, pages 13-17, China: Managing the IP Lifecycle 2018/2019, in English.
- Study on cited references which were not disclosed enough to judge novelty and inventiveness, Intellectual Property Frontier, 2016, Volume 1 (January –February), in Chinese
Domestic conferences that Ms. Wan has participated in include
- An English speech titled with “Business-Method-Related Patent Prosecution in China” in 2014 AIPPI China IP Seminar.
Awards that Ms. Wan has been honored with include
- “A” Class Patent Attorney Awards, awarded by Tencent Ltd.;
- Excellence for the Future Awards, awarded by Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) for winning the highest grade on Substantive Patent Law class during study in The John Marshall Law School (JMLS) in Chicago, IL, USA;
- Graduate with Honors Awards for GPA >3.75, awarded by The John Marshall Law School (JMLS) in Chicago, IL, USA.
Product release conferences that Ms. Wan has been invited to include
- TAH Intellectual Health Watch Product Release Conference.
All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)
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.
Beijing
Patent
Material Science,Polymer,Chemical Engineering
Chinese,English
Ms. Wang joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2007 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2009. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination and client counseling with a focus on polymeric materials, photoelectric materials and devices (including liquid crystal display, organic light emitting diode, electrochromic device, batteries, and the like), fine chemicals and chemical engineering. Ms. Wang has handled more than 700 new applications and more than 1000 Office Actions up to the end of 2015.
Ms. Wang got a master's degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2007.
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Chengdu
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Ms. Wang joined Liu, Shen in April 10, 2017. She specializes in patent drafting, re-examination and counseling on patent issues, Invalid litigation related preparations and other intellectual property related services in the fields of Mechatronic engineering, Telecommunication, and Computer technology, Semiconductor technology, etc.
Ms. Wang received her Master's degrees from The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) with a major on mechanical engineering in 2014.
Beijing
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Ms. Juan Wang is an attorney at law and patent attorney in China at the law firm of Liu, Shen & Associates. She began her legal career in Liu, Shen & Associates since 2006 and was qualified as a patent attorney in 2007 and an attorney at law in 2008.
Ms. Wang is engaging in patent drafting, patent prosecution, patent invalidation, patent infringement analysis, patent validity analysis, and infringement litigation with a focus on telecommunication, electronic circuit, semiconductor, electrical & electronics, and automatics.
Ms. Wang received her Bachelor degree in Electronics from North JiaoTong University in China in 1999, and her Doctor degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from the Chinese Academy of Science in China in 2004. She also received a master degree in civil and commercial law from China University of Political Science and Law and John Marshall Law School in 2015.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
i. Civil Litigation
1. Shen Zhen Intermediate Court, International Communication Company v. Chinese Communication Company (2017), SEP patent infringement, representing the plaintiff (patentee).
2. Xi An Intermediate Court, International Communication Company v. Chinese Communication Company (2017), NSEP patent infringement, representing the defendant.
3. Bei Jing Intermediate Court, International Communication Company v. Chinese Communication Company (2017), SEP patent infringement, representing the defendant.
4. XiKeEr Electronic v. XunCheng Electronic (2010-2011), patent infringement, representing the plaintiff (patentee).
ii. Patent Invalidation or Administrative Litigation
1. International Communication Company v. Chinese Communication Company (2016-2017), SEP patent invalidation, representing the patentee.
2. International Communication Company v. Chinese Communication Company (2016-2017), SEP patent invalidation and patent administrative litigation, representing the invalidation petitioner.
3. International Communication Company v. Chinese Communication Company (2017), NSEP patent invalidation and patent administrative litigation, representing the invalidation petitioner.
4. International Communication Company v. Chinese Communication Company (2016), NSEP patent invalidation and patent administrative litigation, representing the invalidation petitioner.
5. HanYu v. LeiLi, patent invalidation (2016), patent invalidation, representing the plaintiff (patentee).
6. HanYu v. LeiLi, patent invalidation (2016), patent invalidation, representing the invalidation petitioner.
7. Chen YaoBang v. Obtech (2014), patent invalidation, representing the plaintiff (patentee).
8. XiKeEr Electronic v. XunCheng Electronic (2010), patent administrative litigation, representing the plaintiff (patentee).
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,Electronics Engineering,Image Processing
Chinese,English
Ms. Wang joined in Liu, Shen since 2017. Ms. Wang provides intellectual property related services such as patent prosecution, litigation, patent analysis, patent search, patent navigation, patent monetization, legal counseling, intellectual property strategy and so on for several clients. Ms. Wang is dedicated to providing a wide range of high-quality intellectual property services for clients. Ms. Wang handles intellectual property affairs in the field of Electronics & Computer Science, Internet Technology, Signal and Information processing, Image Processing, Big Data, and Automation, etc.
Ms. Wang was admitted as a patent attorney in 2017 and admitted as a Chinese lawyer in 2020.
Ms. Wang received her Master's and bachelor's degrees both from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in Minneapolis, MN, USA, with a major in Computer Engineering. Before joining Liu, Shen, Ms. Wang worked as a patent examiner in computer application field during 2015-2017.
Patent Analysis consultation
- A series of SEP infringement analysis in the telecommunication area, in a series of SEP and Non-SEP patent infringement litigations, between a Chinese mobile device manufacturer v. a multinational mobile device manufacturer.
II. Patent Invalidation
- National Air-conditioner Company vs. National Air-conditioner Company (2017-2018), patent invalidation, researching patents for invalidation cases.
III. Patent Research
- Patent pool analysis for smart home for an international hardware company
- Patent pool analysis for artificial intelligence for an international software company
Published Articles include
- The current situation for patents of Hadoop technology, Electronics World, 2018, Volume 4 (February), in Chinese
Beijing
Patent
Mechanical Engineering,Medical Devices
Chinese,English
Mr. WANG began his legal career in patent laws and joined Liu, Shen & Associates in September, 2000.
Mr. WANG obtained the qualification as an attorney at law in 2004 and obtained the qualification as a patent attorney in 2002. Mr. WANG’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, Industry Automation, Robot, Medicine Apparatus, Optics, display device, and so on. Mr. WANG’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. WANG has assisted Chinese applicants in patent application filing and prosecution with foreign patent offices, such as USPTO, EPO, JPO, KIPO, etc.
Mr. WANG obtained a bachelor degree and a master degree for Mechanical engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology in 1994 and 1997, respectively. Mr. WANG further obtained a master of law degree (LLM) from The John Marshall Law School in the United States of America in 2007.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
I. Civil Litigation
• JAKKS Pacific vs. Beijing Yuqing (2008), patent infringement litigation, Beijing First Intermediate Court (First Instance) and Beijing 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 200,000.
• Kohler v. East Plumbing (2008), patent infringement litigation relating five Kohler’s Design Patents, Beijing First Intermediate Court (First Instance) and Beijing 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 200,000.
• ESCO v. Ningbo Fumei (2008), patent and trademark infringement litigation, Beijing 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.
• IEE v. Golden T imes (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.
II. Patent Invalidation or Administrative Litigation
All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)
