Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering

Chinese,English

Mr. Perry Wu YANG graduated from Zhejiang University (B.S., 1982), majoring in mechanical engineering, and he received professional training at intellectual property law firms in Germany and the U.K. from 1984 to 1985.

Mr. YANG started his professional career in 1982; worked for the Patent and Trademark Agency of CCPIT from 1982 to 1992; and joined the firm of Liu, Shen & Associates as a founding partner in 1993. His areas of special interests and experiences are patent filing, prosecution and invalidation proceedings in the field of mechanical engineering, and now he is the President of the firm.

Mr. YANG is deputy to the 12th National People's Congress, the President of All-China Patent Attorneys Association (ACPAA), the President of the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) China Section, and the Vice President of AIPPI China. He is also a member of Beijing Lawyers Association and LES China Group.

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,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,Trademark

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

Chinese,English

Ms. Yali SHAO is a partner at Liu, Shen & Associates. She is also double qualified as patent attorney and attorney at law with years of experiences. She joined in the firm in 1997 and mainly specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, patent licensing, 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 handles a number of cases relating to patent examination, reexamination, invalidation, administrative lawsuit, infringement lawsuit, licensing and other IP related matters. In recent years, she has been leading matters including studies of patent law related regulations and suggestions on revision to the regulations; all kinds of analysis including pre-litigation analysis, pre-invalidation analysis, and searching analysis; patent invalidation, patent infringement litigation relating to Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and non-SEP; patent protection studies for specific technical fields such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), 2G/3G/4G/5G telecommunication SEP technology, Wifi SEP technology, Audio/Video codec technology, etc.

Ms. SHAO had a master's degree in automation from Beijing Jiaotong University in 1995. Before joining this firm, Ms. SHAO worked as a teacher at Beijing Institute of Technology for two years. She received training from Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington D. C. in 2004.

Representative cases:

-    2020-2023, in several patent licensing negotiations and related disputes between a foreign giant company and certain giant domestic and foreign giant companies for each time, representing the foreign giant company to process patent selection and analysis, patent litigation strategy analysis, patent licensing fee and FRAND issues analysis, etc.;

-    2016-2019, 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;

-    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;

-    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.

Representative Publications:

-    “SEP related Patent Litigation and Invalidation Strategy Analysis,” first author, IPLEAD, November 2023;

-    “Protecting AI-related Innovations in China,” Co-author, Managing IP, Summer 2020;

-    “Building Global High-value Patent Portfolios, - from China to the World (I, II),” China Patent Agency, Sessions 1 and 2, 2019;

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

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

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

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

-    “Software-related inventions,” Managing IP, Asia-Pacific Focus 2008;

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

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

Representative Speech:

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

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

Representative Research:

-    Directing of the research and participating the drafting of the report Intellectual Property Protection for Artificial Intelligence, 2019

Member of All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

Member of All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Member of both Programme Committee and Patent Committee at Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI);

President of Patent Committee at AIPPI China Group

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

Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Medical Devices,Precision Instruments

Chinese,English

Ms. Qing GE joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 1998, and made the partner in 2005.

She obtained her master’s degree from Tsinghua University in 1998, qualified as an attorney at law in 1999 and as a patent attorney in 2000. She also received professional training from a law firm in United Kingdom.

Ms. Qing GE has an extensive experience in patent prosecution, invalidation and litigation. She has prosecuted numerous patents to issuance in China, the involved technical field including electro-mechanical devices, automobiles, medical devices and electrical appliance. She has handled several dozens of invalidation cases against or for not only invention patents and utility models but also design patents. In the field of patent infringement litigation matters, she represented varies clients in enforcing or defending IP right before the court. The successful patent infringement litigation cases handled by Ms. GE include:

-     Kubota Corporation v. Taizhou Fengling

-     Dyson v. Zhejiang Aike

-     Wago v. Cixi Sanhe

-     Tesa v. Qinghai Measuring & Cutting Tool

-     Kohler v. Taizhou Zhongbiao

-     Zedel v Ningbo Tenglong

-     Gillette v. Jing Feng (Shanghai)

-     Mr. Ding Yaowu v. P&G

-     Mr. Shi Jinhai v. Panasonic

Ms. Qing GE also participated in a research project about “Third Amendment of the Patent Law and the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China”, and coauthored the corresponding thesis “Studies on Criteria for Grant of Design Patents” won wide recognition and the proposal was partially adopted in the third amendment of the Patent Law and the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law.

Ms. Qing GE authored several journal papers published on MIP(A top international journal focusing on IPR), including：

-     “Developing laws for design patent”

-     “Declaratory judgments: a legal maze”

-     “New juridical interpretation-a patent owner’s perspective”

Ms. Qing GE is recognized by the SIPO as one of the National Level IP Experts.

Furthermore, Ms. Qing GE is a member of the IP Litigation Committee of All China Patent Attorney Association and she is an active speaker in the International IP conferences.

Ms. Qing GE is an active member of AIPPI. Her involvement in AIPPI working groups and/or Committees on national/regional level includes:

-     Chairman of Q227 Design Committee of AIPPI China-group

-     Drafter of national reports regarding Q204, Q204P, Q231

-     Speaker of 2012 AIPPI China/Asia IP Seminar

Her involvement in AIPPI working groups and/or Committees on international level includes:

-     A member of the Programme Committee since 2012

-     Co-Chair of Q231 （AIPPI Congress, Seoul 2012）

-     Speaker of Forum WS V  Inventorship in AIPPI Forum & ExCo 2011 Hyderabad

·-       -     Moderator for Workshop VI “Free riding”, AIPPI Congress, Toronto 2014

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

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

Beijing

Patent

Medical Devices,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Life Science,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Dr. Zou assists clients in matters involving all types of intellectual property: patents, trade secrets, and unfair competition. He focuses mainly on intellectual property strategic consulting, patent portfolio management, patent infringement, validity, and freedom-to-operate opinions, due diligence, and dispute resolution; representing many multinational pharmaceutical companies, small and medium-sized innovative companies in handling intellectual property, drug regulatory matters and market admission related legal affairs.

The wide variety of technical areas in which Dr. Zou has obtained and enforced patent protection for clients include pharmacy, chemistry, and biotechnologies, as well as mechanical systems and medical devices.

Dr. Zou started his IP career with Liu Shen in 2003. Prior to his legal profession, Dr. Zou was engaged in research and development in pharmaceutical research and diagnostic method development, he is very familiar with the technical areas of pharmaceuticals, nucleic acid, pesticide, macromolecule modification, and molecular diagnostics.

EDUCATION &TRAINING

Dr. Zou obtained his Ph.D. in pharmaceutical chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Science (China, 2000), and his Master of Laws in Intellectual Property Law from John Marshall Law School (the U.S., 2010).

Representative cases that Dr. Zou has led or participated include

-     Defending titropium bromide patent portfolio for Boehringer Ingelheim (German) in the invalidation proceedings and in court procedures (5 patents involved, 2006-2012);

-     Defending Candesartan Cilexetil patent portfolio for Takeda (Japan) in the invalidation proceedings and in court procedures ( 2 patents involved, 2007-2012);

-     Representing Albis in Albis (Germany) vs. FTP China, invalidation & infringement cases (settled, 2012-2014);

-     Representing Grundfos in Grundfos (Denmark) vs. Zhejiang Qianyuan (China), infringement case, the Beijing High Court (infringement found and damage awarded, 2013-2014);

-     Representing Shanghai Cathay Biotech in Shanghai Cathay Biotech vs. Hilead Biotech (2013-2014) and won three administrative cases;

-     Representing Xiamen Hongfa in Xiamen Hongfa (China) vs. Dou Xiuzhi (2013-2014) and winning two invalidation cases;

-     Representing SEB in SEB (France) vs. Wenzhou Household electrical (2013-2014) and winning the invalidation case;

-     Representing Shenzhen MINDRAY in Shenzhen MINDRAY vs. Edan (2013-2014) and winning in invalidation & administrative litigation;

-     Representing Hongkong PolyU in Hongkong PolyU vs. Ritter machinery (2014) and winning the invalidation case;

-     Representing Pfizer and successfully defending a polymorph case (2019).

Publications include

-     Claim definitions Undergoing Change, China IP Focus 2014, Managing Intellectual Property, 2014 [Co-authored]

-     How to determine novelty-conferring features for a medical use claim, China IP Focus 2015, Managing Intellectual Property, 2015 [Co-authored]

-     Disclosure requirements undergoing change, IAM Life Science (2015) [Co-authored]

-     How to make sure your patent is properly supported in China, March 2016 [Co-author]

-     Implications of recent life sciences cases in China, IAM Life Science March 2017 [Co-authored]

-     Overview of regulatory reform in China, IAM Life Sciences, 2018. [Co-authored]

-     Patent practice: recent developments in life sciences in China, IAM Life Sciences 2019, pp. 51-55 [Co-authored]

-     Doctrine of equivalents for life science patents in China, IAM Life Sciences 2020, pp. 53-57 [Co-authored]

Presentation that Dr. ZOU has publicly made include

-     Overview of IP Enforcement in China, 2012 Summit on Global IP Strategy for Corporate Counsel, New York, USA, December 2012

-     Astrazeneca case, Prometheus case and Myriad case in a Chinese patent attorney’s perspective, MIP, London, UK, April 2013

-     Chinese Patent practice in Pharmaceutical field, MIP, Beijing, China, June 2013

-     Update on case development in life science field, IP in Asia Forum, Silicon Valley & Seattle, USA, May 2014

-     Second medical use protection in China, the 5th China IP Symposium (Chengdu) 2015, Chengdu, China, November 2015;

-     Eligible subject matter & Invalidation Proceedings in China, the 253rd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2017

-     Must-know Chinese Patent Practice, 2018 CABA Investment & Entrepreneurship Symposium, Massachusetts, September 2018

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

All China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

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

Beijing

Patent

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

Chinese,English,Japanese

Mr. An joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2004 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2006. He specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, patent infringement analysis, IP litigation with a focus on telecommunication, electronics, computer hardware & software as well as Internet & e-business.

Mr. An obtained his qualification as an attorney at law in 2007. He has participated in several patent lawsuits including patent infringement and patent invalidation. Moreover, he is an expert on patent evaluation and pre-litigation analysis in the firm.

I. Civil Litigation

1. Lenovo vs. Yinuo (2014), patent infringement litigation and related patent invalidation, Beijing First Intermediate Court (First Instance), representing Lenovo.

The infringement litigation was settled before the Court, and the plaintiff withdrew the infringement case.

2. An international Telecommunication company vs. A domestic Telecommunication company (several litigation cases), Standard Essential Patent infringement litigation, Beijing IP Court (First instance), representing defendant.

The infringement litigation is still on going.

3. An international Telecommunication company vs. A domestic audio solution providing company, Standard Essential Patent infringement litigation, representing defendant.

4. An international Telecommunication company and chipset manufacturer vs. an international Telecommunication company (several litigation cases), representing plaintiff. The infringement litigations were settled.

II. Patent Invalidation or Administrative Litigation

1. Obortech v. Chen Yaobang, patent invalidation, patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO, representing the patentee; The Board held the invention patent valid

2. An international Telecommunication company v. A domestic Telecommunication company, representing the petitioner. The Board held the invention patent invalid in part.

3. An international Telecommunication company v. A domestic Telecommunication company, representing the petitioner. The Board held the invention patent invalid.

4. An international Telecommunication company v. A domestic Telecommunication company, representing the petitioner. The Board held the invention patent invalid in part.

5. An international Telecommunication company v. A domestic audio solution providing company, representing the petitioner. The Board held the invention patent invalid.

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

International Association For The Protection Of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

Beijing

Patent

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

Chinese,English

Mr. Chen is an Attorney-at-Law and Patent Attorney with Liu, Shen & Associates. He qualified as an attorney-at-law in 2009 and as a patent attorney in 2011. Mr. Chen joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2010. He specializes in patent prosecution, invalidation and infringement dispute resolutions before SIPO and the courts, and counseling on patent issues in the fields of Telecommunication; Optics; Electrics & Electronics; Computer Science; Internet Technology; Artificial Intelligence; Semiconductor technology among others. Mr. Chen is particularly experienced in evaluation of patent validity and relevance.

Mr. Chen achieved his bachelor degree in Optoelectronics Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2004;

Mr. Chen achieved his Ph.D in Optical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in June 2009, and he also studied as a jointly trained Ph.D student in Electrical Engineering Department of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA in 2006 to 2007;

Mr. Chen also achieved his LL.M from China University of Political Science and Law in 2014.

1. Mr. Chen achieved the highest score in the patent bar qualification examination in 2011, and he regularly provides lectures on Chinese patent law and practice to clients, associates and other organizations.

2. Mr. Chen has dealt with lots of litigations including:

-      Samsung vs Huawei serial invalidation and administrative litigation cases in the field of telecommunications and mobile devices；

-      Samsung vs Huawei serial infringement cases in the field of telecommunications and mobile devices;

-      Samsung vs Immersion serial invalidation cases in the field of telecommunications and mobile devices;

-      Samsung vs Shanghai Kedou serial invalidation cases;

-      FLSmidth vs Doway infringement case and invalidation case;

-      Panasonic vs Guangdong Weiling invalidation case and administrative litigation;

-      BOE vs PRB administrative litigation;

-      Carl Zeiss vs PRB administrative litigation.

3. Publications

-      “Consistency between specification support and protection scope for claims with functional features” (Rewarded as Excellent Paper), Patent Examination and Patent High End Forum, 2012

-      “Claim construction in patent infringement litigation”, in “China: Managing the IP Lifecycle 2016/2017”, Globe Business Media Group, 2016

-      “Research on the liability of stopping patent infringement”, Dissertation for LL. M of China University of Political Science and Law, 2014

-     “How IP in China is changing”, AIPLA Daily Report, Managing Intellectual Property, 2017

-      “Damage Compensation Determination for Patent Infringement in a Recent Case”, News Letter of Liu, Shen & Associates, 2019

-      “Introduction to the Latest Amendments to the Guidelines for Patent Examination in China”, News Letter of Liu, Shen & Associates, 2019

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Precision Instruments

Chinese,English

Mr. Sean CHEN joined our firm in 2007, mainly engaged in patent related IP fields, comprising patent application and prosecution, patent invalidation and disputes.

Mr. Sean CHEN is qualified as a patent attorney in 2008 and an attorney at law in 2009. Besides patent filing and prosecution, he has addressed many patent invalidations / infringement litigations for a number of international well-known enterprises.

Mr. CHEN received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and automation from Tsinghua University in 2002, and his Doctor's degree in material science and engineering from Tsinghua University in 2007. Mr. CHEN also obtained a L.L.M. degree in IP law from John Marshall Law School of United States in 2017.

Representative cases of Mr. Sean CHEN led and participated comprise:

Litigation

-     Dyson vs. Zhejiang Aike, representing Dyson, a design patent infringement case, a pretrial evidence preservation granted, win;

-     Tsann Kuen vs. UCC, representing UCC, a utility model infringement case, fully invalidated the utility model of Tsann Kuen, win;

-     Siempelkamp(an international known press enterprise) vs. a national press enterprise Y, representing the enterprise Y, two patent infringement cases, fully invalidated two patents of the plaintiff, win

-     Hanyu vs. Leili, a patent infringement case, representing Leili, win

Invalidation

-     Representing Dyson in dozens of invalidation cases and obtaining good results;

-     Representing a well-known international mobile company S to invalidate a design patent of a domestic company, win

-     Representing Leili (a well-known domestic motor company) in near 20 invalidation cases, win most cases

Consultation

-     IP due diligence before acquisition, as requested by a well-known international medical device enterprise M;

-     IP due diligence before investing medical device companies, as requested by venture capitals L and C;

-     Freedom To Operate analysis before launch of a medical device, as requested by a well-known international medical device company L, the work is divided into 10 sub-FTO cases, and a team with 12 members involved;

-     IP due diligence before merger and acquisition, as requested by an international known optic enterprise Z;

Academic activities

-     “Four cases and their lessons for utility models”, Managing Intellectual Property, China IP Focus 2013;

-     involved in the research project “Study of Several Issues regarding Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Procedure” in 2011 and involved in the research project “Study of Service Standard for Intellectual Property Analysis” in 2012, with both of the projects led by the State intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C.

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

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

Chinese,English

Mr. DI joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2001 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2000, and got his qualification as an attorney at law in 2007. Up to now, Mr. DI has handled a great deal of patent filings, prosecutions, reexaminations, patent searches, and some patent invalidations, administrative proceedings, and patent infringement analysis with a focus on mobile communication, semiconductor, electronic technology, computer science, automatic control, Internet and as well as Internet & e-commerce.

Mr. DI has drafted a lot of patent applications for many clients including some world well-known companies, which include patent applications drafted in English for filing in PCT and abroad.

Mr. DI graduated from Beijing Institute of Technology in March of 1994, and got Master Degree. He took part in the Summer Training Program for the U.S. Patent Law at BSKB LLP, in the United States, 2004.

Representative cases that Mr. DI has led or participated include

-     Patent invalidation request, “USB flash drive”, M-system company against Shenzhen Netac Co., acting for the requester;

-     Patent invalidation request, Panasonic Corporation against Guagdong Weiling Motor, acting for the requester;

-     Patent invalidation request, Microsoft (China) Co. against Beijing Zhongyi co., acting for the requester;

-     Patent administrative litigation for invalidation case, Microsoft (China) Co. against Patent Reexamination Board, acting for the plaintiff;

-     Patent administrative litigation appeal, Panasonic Corporation against Guagdong Weiling Motor, acting for the appellant.

Publications that Mr. DI has authored include

-      “analysis of the patentability of information recording medium in China” in the journal of CHINA PATENT AGENCY,

-      “whether or not a claim involving the computer program constitutes a technical solution” in the journal of LexisNexis.

Lectures that Mr. DI has presented include

-     regarding how to draft a high-quality patent application on the China-Europe Patent Forum held in Beijing and Shenzhen, in October, 2009;

-     regarding the patentability and fully disclosure of the patent on the Forum of Patent Protection Declaration in China, held at China Renmin University on July 15, 2015;

-     regarding the patent practices in China during visiting clients.

The Professional Committee on intellectual property litigation of all-China Patent Attorneys Association

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)