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)

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Material Science

Chinese,English,German

Ms. Ren started her career in fields of Intellectual Properties since 2013 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2014. Since 2015, she joined Liu, Shen & Associates as a patent attorney and now serves for the patent application affairs of major clients from Germany.

Ms. Ren has got her doctor’s degree from University of Hanover, Germany, in 2004. Before joining this firm, she once worked as a research scientist in the research group of Hardwares and Materials in Siemens Corporate Technology, located in Beijing, for more than 6 years, and actively participated in many projects for developing SMART technology and products. 

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent,Trademark

Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Electrical Engineering,Electronics Engineering

Chinese,English

Ms. Shao joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 1997 and became a qualified patent attorney in 1998. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, IP litigation, and client counseling with a focus on electrical engineering, automatic control, telecommunication, electronics, computer science as well as Internet & e-commerce.

Ms. Shao got her qualification as an attorney at law in 2006. She has participated in several patent lawsuits including patent infringement and patent invalidation. She has been leading patent licensing counseling, patent invalidation, pre-litigation analysis and patent infringement litigation relating to SEP and non-SEP.

Representative cases:

-     Chint v. Schneider, in the patent invalidation case of Chint v. Schneider, Ms. Shao and her colleagues represented Schneider and finally won the case in the second instance at Beijing High Court;

-     Wang Jianbo v. Microsoft, in the patent infringement case of Wang Jianbo v. Microsoft, Ms. Shao and her colleagues represented Microsoft, and the case was finally settled because the plaintiff Wang Jianbo withdrew his lawsuit;

-     In a series of patent infringement and invalidation cases between Samsung Electronics V. Huawei, leading the team representing Samsung Electronics to attend SEP and non-SEP patent infringement group cases. The issues involved include the infringement logic for SEP related cases, calculation of SEP royalties, determination of FRAND, and determination of injunctions for SEP and non-SEP cases. (2016-2017)

Representative Publications:

-     “Patentability of Inventions Concerning Computer Programs,” China Patent Agency, Session 4, 2005;

-     “Patentability of Inventions Concerning Business Methods,” China Patent Agency, Session 1, 2006;

-     “Latest Patent Law Changes Analyzed,” Managing IP, Asia-Pacific Focus 2007;

-     “Import and Export of Inventions,” Managing IP, China IP Focus 2012;

-     “Drafting Best Functional Technical Features in China”, Asia IP, April 2016;

-     “Best drafting practices for background section of patent applications,” Intellectual Asset Management (IAM), August 2017

Representative Speech:

-     Title “What’s the (technical) problem?”, AIPPI 2017 World Congress, October 2017, Sydney

-     Title “Patentability of Business Method related Inventions in China,” All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA) and the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) Joint Meeting, November 2017, Beijing

-     Title, “Obtaining Strong Patents Internationally – from China to the World”, CPAC-AIPPI Session, August 2018, Beijing

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,Semiconductor,Organic Chemistry,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Ms. Song joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 1996 and became a qualified patent attorney in 1998. She specializes in patent prosecution, invalidation, counseling, and patent litigation with an emphasis on polymer, catalyzer, petrochemicals, health care, environmental sciences, battery, semi-conductive material, chemical engineering and pharmaceuticals.

Ms. Song got her qualification as an attorney at law in 2000. Starting from Joining Liu Shen, Ms. Song helps clients of all sizes to establish and grow patent portfolios, align intellectual property strategies, establish their freedom to operate, and resolve infringement disputes. Ms. Song has extensive experience in patent invalidity proceedings and patent infringement lawsuit especially in chemical fields and has represented numerous corporations in intellectual property disputes including patent invalidation and infringement litigation inChina.

Ms. Song received a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Polymer Science fromSichuanUniversityin 1986 and 1989. She then studied in China University of Politics and theJohnMarshallLawSchoolfrom 2002 to 2004, and obtained a Master’s Degree of Law in 2004. Before joining Liu Shen, Ms. Song worked as an engineer in the Beijing Leather Industry Research Institution.

Representative cases that Ms. Song has led or participated include

-     EMS-CHEMIE AG (Switzerland) v. ATOFINA (France), representing Atofina, invalidation;

-     Total Petrochemicals (Belgium) v. Exxonmobile (US), representing Total Petrochemicals, invalidation & administrative litigation, one of ten leading cases of 2011;

-     Ineos (UK) v. Total Petrochemicals, representing Total Petrochemicals, invalidation;

-     Total Refining & Marketing (France) v. Exxonmobile (US), representing Total Refining, invalidation and patent license;

-     Milliken (US) v. Shanxi Chemical Institute (Chinese), representing Milliken, infringement litigation;

-     Idemitsu KoSan (Japan) v. Qijing El. Co. (Taiwang), representing Qijing, infringement litigationn;

-     Arkema (France) V. Mexichem Amanco (Mexico), representing Arkema, invalidation & administrative litigation;

-     Celanese (Nanjing) V. Daicel Chemicals Industries. LTD (JP), representing Daicel, invalidation & infringement litigation

Publications that Ms. Song has authored include

-     Patent prosecution inChina, China Invention and Patent Magazine, 2003.

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Licensing Executives Society International (LES)

Chinese Law Associates

Beijing

Patent

Material Science,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Dr. Sun joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2004 and specializes in patent prosecution mainly in fields of Chemical Engineering, Polymer Chemistry, oilfield chemistry, Fine Chemistry and Photochemistry.

Dr. Sun has drafted patent applications for clients, and has answered many office actions for some major corporations, and provided services of patent retrieval and infringement analysis.  In addition, she has also represented clients in many patent reexamination cases, some patent invalidation cases and patent litigation cases.

Dr. Sun had obtained a doctor degree in 2004 majoring in Physical Chemistry from Tsinghua University.  She received training from John Marshall Law School, UAS in 2013.

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering

Chinese,English

Ms. Sun joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2012 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2014. She specializes in patent prosecution and client counseling with a focus on mechanical engineering, manufacturing, precision instruments, rehabilitation robotics and MEMS.

Ms. Sun received a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University in 2009 and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Precision Instrument and Mechanics from Tsinghua University in 2011. 

Beijing

Patent

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

Chinese,English

Ms. Sun joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2017. She mainly engages in intellectual property agency business related patent, including patent applications and application examination procedures. Her practice area includes medical instrument, E-commerce, artificial intelligence, big data processing, image processing, etc. 
  
Ms. Sun got her qualification as a patent attorney in 2016 and as an attorney at law in 2017. 
  
Ms. Sun worked in Metis IP as a patent analyst from 2015 to 2016. She was responsible for application drafting for US application and PCT application, infringement analysis and due diligence for patent transaction. 
  
Ms. Sun received her master degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2015 and her bachelor degree in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in 2012 from Peking University. 

Beijing

Patent

Organic Chemistry,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Mr. SUN joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2008 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2012. He focuses on fine chemistry, polymer chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, and organic chemistry.

Mr. SUN had a bachelor's degree from Jilin University in 2001, worked in organic synthesis from 2001 to 2005, and had a master's degree from Capital Normal University in 2008.

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering

Chinese,English

Education:

Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking University, Master’s Degree of science, with major in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking University, Bachelor’s Degree of science, with major in Fluid Mechanics

Training: 

Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C., Summer training on US Patent Law and related, June 13~July 13, 2019

Qualification: Patent Attorney (2012)；Attorney at Law (2017)

Ms. TAN began her legal career in patent laws and joined Liu Shen & Associates in June, 2011. She specializes in patent enforcement including patent prosecution, re-examination, patent validation and litigation in the technical field of Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Medical Devices and so on. Ms. TAN’s services also include providing opinions and strategy consultations for corporations, and providing legal advice.

Before joining Liu Shen, Ms. TAN worked as a researcher on Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval at Canon Information Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd, specializing in algorithm study on multi-language Segmentation, Automatic Summarization, Keyword Extraction, Named Entity Recognition, Language models, Character Encoding Techniques and Recommendation System.

I. Civil Litigation

1.    Linsinger Maschinenbau GmbH Vs. CRCC High-Tech Equipment Corporation Limited

2.    WAGO Vs Jinghong Electrical

3.    WAGO Vs Feide Electric

4.    WAGO Vs Changhe

5.    WAGO Vs Yueqing Hord Import & Export Co., Ltd, Yueqing Hord Electric Co., Ltd, Yueqing Leteng

6.    WAGO Vs Wenzhou Zhanke

7.    WAGO Vs Beijing Kaishiweiye, Yueqing Vsele

8.    KOBOTA (Japan) Vs. Suzhou Jiufu Agricultural machinery Co. Ltd

II. Administrative Litigation

1.    VALEO SYSTEM D’ESSUYAGE Vs. PRB, as attorney of the plaintiff VALEO SYSTEM D’ESSUYAGE

2.    KOBOTA (Japan) Vs. Xu Zhanqing

III. Invalidation

1.    KOBOTA (Japan) Vs. Xu Zhanqing, as attorney of the patentee KOBOTA.

All claims are maintained.

2.    Changzhou LEILI Motor Tech Co. ltd. Vs. Jiangmen IDEARANYU, case 1, as attorney of the patentee LEILI.

The amended claims are maintained;

3.    Changzhou LEILI Motor Tech Co. ltd. Vs. Jiangmen IDEARANYU, case 2, as ttorney of the patentee LEILI.

The amended claims are maintained;

4.    KOBOTA (Japan) Vs. Suzhou Jiufu Agricultural machinery co. LTD, two cases, as attorney of the patentee KOBOTA.

All claims are maintained.

5.    KOBOTA (Japan) Vs. Suzhou Jiufu Agricultural machinery co. LTD, another two cases, as attorney of the patentee KOBOTA.

6.    Xiamen Conjoin Electronics Technology Co., Ltd Vs. Wang Jialu, in mainland.

The amended claims are maintained;

7.    Xiamen Conjoin Electronics Technology Co., Ltd Vs. Peng Jinling, in Taiwan.

The amended claims are maintained;

8.    Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd Vs. Wang Hui, as attorney of the patentee JHICC

9.    Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd Vs. Micron (Shanghai), as attorney of the patentee JHICC

IV. Consultations

-      Infringement Studies

-      Validation studies

-      Freedom to operate analysis

-      Legal opinions on legal actions

-      Certification of Hi-tech enterprise

v. Publications

-     "The Boundary Element Method (BEM) solving the water wave effect on the aerodynamics of a vehicle flying close to the water surface", Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2003.4, second author.

-      “What are the advantages and pitfalls of administrative enforcement?” on Managing Intellectual Property –China IP Focus 2019

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

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.