Beijing
Patent
Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering
Chinese,English
1. Mr. Xu obtained a bachelor degree of Mechanical Engineering and Automation from Tsinghua University in 2013; and obtained a master degree of Materials Science and Technology from Tsinghua University in 2016.
2. Mr. Xu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2016; got qualified as a patent attorney in 2016; and got qualified as an attorney at law in 2019.
3. Mr. Xu mainly engages in patent related IP fields, comprising patent application and prosecution, patent invalidation and disputes.
1. Mr. Xu has been handling with patent applications affairs for many multinational corporations (GM, TE, and etc.) for more than 3 years;
2. Mr. Xu drafted many new patent applications for many corporations, including Schneider electrics, Kone elevators, Leili motors, Suez Environnement, and etc.
3. Typical cases:
- Representing a well-known solar cell company AT to invalidate a patent of a German company;
- Representing a well-known semiconductor company LH to protect its patent in invalidation procedure;
- Representing a well-known cement equipment company SM to sue a company for patent infringement.
All-China Patent Attorneys Association (ACPAA)
Beijing
Patent
Organic Chemistry,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Chemical Engineering
Chinese,English
EDUCATION
Peking University, Chemical Biology, Master (2006-2008)
Peking University, Pharmacy, Bachelor (2002-2006)
QUALIFICATIONS
Legal Professional Qualification of PRC
Member of the PRC Patent Bar
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Ms. Xu has focused her practice on providing whole-process patent portfolio management and patent enforcement. She has assisted several world-renowned companies in handling patent applications in China, and provided advice to domestic and foreign companies in patent prosecution and patent enforcement. Ms. Xu also is also experienced in patent due diligence, analysis and legal opinions, and patent invalidation proceedings. Recently, she has participated in the legal affairs of intellectual property in investment and financing of small and medium-sized start-up companies, and investment institutions. Ms. Xu's technical fields include pharmacy, biology, agriculture, personal care products and polymer materials.
Dispute resolution
- Representing a multinational pharmaceutical company, participated in one of its compound patent invalidation proceedings (2020)
- Representing a multinational pharmaceutical company, participated in one of its crystal patent invalidation proceedings (2020)
- Participated in a patent invalidation proceedings of a European pharmaceutical company (2021)
Legal consulting
- Providing patent due diligence service and drafted legal opinions for a financing project of a Shanghai based pharmaceutical company (2020)
- Providing due diligence service for an investment company to invest in a drug R&D company in Shanghai (2020)
- Providing patent due diligence service for a Beijing based pharmaceutical company's listing project in Hong Kong (2020)
- Providing patentability analysis of a formulation patent for a multinational pharmaceutical company (2020)
Beijing
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Electrooptical Technology,Medical Devices,Material Science,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
PRACTICE AREAS
MS. QIAN YANG'S PRACTICE FOCUSES ON IP LAW
Ms. Qian Yang specializes in intellectual property dispute resolution, especially large-scale disputes involving complex technical issues. Ms. Yang is experienced in coordinating patent invalidation proceedings, patent infringement actions with patent licensing litigations and negotiations, to achieve clients’ legal and business demands.
Leveraging her composite technical background in both electricity and chemistry, she has served for clients in various fields including new energy, SEP, semiconductor, photoelectricity, computer, chemistry, medical apparatus, etc. Ms. Yang has provided high-value professional legal services to many clients from start-ups to well-know multinational corporations, and is widely recognized and trusted. Prior to joining Liu, Shen & Associates, Ms. Yang worked at another leading law firm for nearly 4 years.
Ms. Yang had also worked in the Patent Office and Patent Reexamination Board (PRB) of National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) for more than 13 years. She had examined hundreds of patent applications and heard nearly 600 patent reexamination and invalidation cases, some of which were rated as “Excellent Decisions”, “PRB Cases of the Year” etc. She also participated in dozens of administrative litigations as an attorney of PRB. Notably, none of the cases Ms. Yang heard as examiner subsequently lost in administrative litigation. Given her experiences in both Appeal Division and Examination Coordination Division in PRB, she is not only familiar with the examination practice but also the formulation of policies and regulations and the daily examination management of PRB.
As a main author, Ms. Yang had participated several research projects of the CNIPA, some of which were rated as Excellent Project. etc. She previously mentored the new examiners in CNIPA, PRB and IP Department of HongKong. She taught new examiners and patent attorneys for more than 100 academic hours and had been recognized several times as “Outstanding Teacher of the Year” in PRB. Now she is a member of the expert database of the Capital Intellectual Property Services Association.
Representative cases
- Representing a world-leading phone manufacturer in several SEP and non-SEP patent invalidation, infringement, administrative litigation cases and SEP licensing negotiation.
- Representing Samsung in SEP invalidation and administrative cases.
- Representing Amazon in SEP infringement actions and licensing negotiations against Huawei.
- Representing OPPO in a series of SEP invalidation, infringement litigation and administrative litigation cases.
- Representing Tinno in SEP royalty setting dispute and negotiation against ZTE.
- Representing an domestic enterprise in SEP licensing negotiation.
- Representing Bytedance in several patents licensing negotiation.
- Representing Baidu in a series of patent infringement litigations.
- Representing Umicore in a series of patent invalidation and litigation cases.
- Representing CATL in patent invalidation cases before CNIPA.
- Representing Varta in patent invalidation case before CNIPA.
- Representing Sanan in a series of non-SEP patent invalidation, infringement, and administrative litigation cases.
- Representing a medical apparatus company in several patent invalidation and administrative litigation cases.
- Representing Kuaishou in patent invalidation and administrative litigation cases.
- Representing Hanwang Tech. in patent invalidation cases before CNIPA.
- Representing Xishan Science&technology in the retrial proceeding of administrative litigation.
Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar Qualification.
PRC Patent Bar Qualification
Education
Beijing Institute of Technology, B.E. (2003)
Beijing Institute of Technology, M.E. (2006)
Beijing
Trademark,Copyright
Chinese,English
Ms. Yuan joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2008 as a trademark attorney and got her qualification as an attorney at law in 2009. Her practice encompasses trademark prosecution, invalidation, litigation, and corporate Trademark counseling. Her expertise is in trademark clearance and filing strategies, trademark strategies, filing trademarks throughMadridsystem.
Ms. Yuan holds a Bachelor of English Literature fromWuhanUniversityand a Master of Intellectual Property fromFranklinPierceLawCenter(nowLawSchoolof theUniversityofNew Hampshire). She received training from Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP in 2008.
Representative cases that Ms. Yuan has led or participated include
- LEGO JURIS A/S (Denmark) v. TRAB, a trademark litigation case, representing LEGO arguing LEGO’s minifigures are inherently registrable as a trademark.
- NXP B.V. (Netherlands) v. Goodark Company (Taiwan), representing NXP winning oppositions based on copyright right against trademark right;
- QUIKSILVER INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD (Australia) v. Jinjiang Xinnuo Tradding Co., Ltd. (China), representing Quiksilver winning trademark opposition based on prior trademark and prior copyright;
- NEXT RETAIL LIMITED (UK) v. Guangzhou Baosheng Development Co., Ltd. (mainland China), a trademark litigation case, representing NEXT to convince the court to break sub-class system;
- Tripod Company (Taiwan) v. Beijing Golden Star Company (mainland China), representing TRIPOD in trademark litigation case, convincing the court to recognize Tripod’s prior use and reputation and cancel part of Golden Star’s goods;
- OBI PHARMA Inc.(Taiwan) v. TRAB, representing OBI PHARMA to negotiate with the owner of cited mark, who has agreed to cancel their conflicting goods, and convincing the court to rule to approve the registration of OBI PHARMA’s house mark in Chinese after the cancellation became effective;
- Megvii Co., Ltd.(mainland China) v. TRAB, representing Megvii to negotiate with the owner of cited mark, who has agreed to provide letter of consent and assign the cited mark to Megvii, and convincing the court to accordingly approve the registration of an important mark of Megvii in the second instance.
Publication
- Issues in trade mark licensing, TRADEMARK TIMES, 2017 INTA;
- Lack of divisional application and partial assignment, Management of Inetellectual Property 2017;
- Examining non-trademark rights protected by Chinese Trademark Law, Management of Intellectual Property 2018.
Typical Counseling Cases
- Trademark counseling for three European companies and one US company for 6 years.
- Trademark counseling for two Chinese IT companies for 3 years.
All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)
Beijing
Patent
Material Science,Chemical Engineering
Chinese,English
Mr. Zhan joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2011. He specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, IP litigation, and client counseling with a focus on Petrochemical Engineering, Material Science, Polymer Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Before joining Liu, Shen & Associates, he worded as a patent examiner of SIPO for more than four years and examined more than 500 patents. He also was a teacher of the new examiner and a quality inspector in his department when working in SIPO.
Mr. Zhan got his qualification as a patent attorney in 2010. He has participated in several patent lawsuits including patent infringement and patent invalidation. He has been leading patent licensing counseling, patent invalidation and pre-litigation analysis in the firm.
Mr. Zhan studied in Tsinghua university and majored in Marterial Science and Engineering. He got his Bachelor degree in Tsinghua university on July, 2005 and his Master degree on July, 2007.
Representative cases that Mr. Zhan has participated include
Arkema (France) V. Mexichem Amanco (Mexico), in the patent invalidation case of Arkema (France) V. Mexichem Amanco (Mexico), Mr. Zhan and his colleagues represented Arkema and finally invalidated the patent right of Mexichem Amanco and won the case in the first instance at Beijing No.1 Intermediate Court.
Beijing
Patent
Material Science,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Mr. Zhang joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2001. He specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, IP litigation, and so on with a focus on semiconductor device, display device, office equipment, home appliance, secondary battery, HDD, etc.
Mr. Zhang became a qualified patent attorney in 2006. He has handled many cases of patent prosecutions, patent reexaminations, patent invalidations, and patent administrative lawsuits, and participated in many cases of patent stability analyses, patent infringement analyses, and so on.
Mr. Zhang had his PhD degree fromTsinghuaUniversityin 2001. He joined the law degree training program jointly provided by China University of Political Science and Law and theJohnMarshallLawSchool,Chicago,USAfrom 2005 to 2007, and got his LLM degree.
Representative cases:
- Delphi Laser Co., Ltd vs. HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KK in patent invalidation and the following administrative litigation, representing Delphi Laser
- A domestic printing-supplies company F vs. an internationally known electronic company S in patent invalidation, representing company S
- An internationally known electronic technology company A vs. an internationally known communication company Q in patent invalidation, representing company Q
- A patent invalidation case of Kaneka Corporation, representing Kaneka Corporation
- Patent validity analysis for an internally known television company S
- Invalidity analysis on a semiconductor device patent of a competitor, for an internationally known electronic company S
- Infringement analysis on a computer product in litigation and invalidity analyses on an associated patent, for an internationally known electronic company S
- Infringement analysis and validity analysis on a patent of multilayer ceramic electronic components, for an internationally known electronic company S
- Invalidation request against a patent of LED package and manufacturing method therefor of a competitor, for an internationally known electronic company S
- Infringement analysis and validity analysis on a patent of a hinge of a foldable electronic device, for an internationally known electronic company
- Infringement analysis and validity analysis on a patent of IC chip, for an internationally known chip company
- Doing search on and indexing patents of graphene films, for a Japanese auto company
Academic papers:
- "Sufficient disclosure issue in China", Asia IP, 2016, 8(10): 36
- "Brief analysis of similarities and differences in determining inventiveness of patent between China and the United States)”, Official account of WeChat of Liu, Shen and Associates, 2023.
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,Medical Devices
Chinese,English
Mr. Zhang joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2007 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2009.
Mr. Zhang specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, IP litigation, and client counseling with a focus on medical device, electrical engineering, semiconductor, automatic control, telecommunication, electronics, computer science as well as Internet. Also, Mr. Zhang has assisted Chinese applicants in patent application filing and prosecution with foreign patent offices, such as USPTO, EPO
Mr. Zhang has participated in patent licensing counseling, patent invalidation and pre-litigation analysis in the firm.
Mr. Zhang obtained a bachelor degree and a master degree from Zhejiang University in 2002 and 2005, respectively. Before joining this firm, Mr. Zhang worked as an engineer at GE Healthcare Group for two years.
Mr. Zhang further went to summer school on IP IN EUROPE in university of STRASBOURG of France in 2016.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
1. VOICEAGE CORPORATION v. ZTE CORP., patent invalidation, representing the patentee. The Board held the patent valid.
2. HANGXIAOGANGGOU LTD. v. ZHEJIANG OULAGANGJIEGOU LTD, patent invalidation, representing the patentee. The Board held the patent valid.
3. Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute v. GUO DONGMEI, patent invalidation, representing the patentee. The Board held the patent valid.
4. CREAFORM INC. v. GUO SHUAI, patent invalidation, representing the patentee. The Board does not make the decision yet.
5. Siemens v. Patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO (2017), patent administrative action, Beijing First Intermediate Court. This case is in progress.
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Beijing
Patent
Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Medical Devices
Chinese,English,German
Mr. Zhang graduated from Technical University of Clausthal in Germany with a master's degree (Diplom-Ingenieur) in 2010 and then worked for Sany Electric Company for a year and participated in the research and development of wind turbines there.
Mr. Zhang joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2011. Mr. Zhang obtained the qualification as a patent attorney in 2012 and obtained the qualification as an attorney at law in 2015. Mr. Zhang’s current practice mainly focuses on patent enforcement including patent applications (more than 1300 cases), patent infringement litigation (more than 20 cases), patent prosecution (more than 800 patents granted) and invalidation procedures (more than 30 cases) in the technical fields of fields of automobiles, machinery and electromechanical equipment, household appliances, medical equipment, Photoelectric equipment etc. Clients include Siemens AG, Volkswagen AG, Voith group, SKF, AUX group, Vorwerk group and SIG etc.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
Infringement Litigations：
■ REC v. Hanwha
Mr. Zhang and his colleagues represent the plaintiff REC to sue Hanwha for patent infringement and on behalf of the patentee REC responded to the defendant's patent invalidation request. Through a full understanding of the patented technology and accurate modification of the claims, the patent is finally maintained by CNIPA. At present, the case is still in progress. （2020.12）
■ Wu Shanwang v. Dongguan Mustang Machinery Co., Ltd
Mr. Zhang and his colleagues represented the defendant Mustang Company in Jinan intellectual property court and Shanghai Intellectual Property Court to deal with five patent infringement lawsuits brought by Mr. Wu Shanwang. Finally, four cases in Jinan intellectual property court were closed by the plaintiff's withdrawal and one case in Shanghai Intellectual Property Court was settled, which made the customer win the serial cases. （2021）
■ AHT v. Qingdao Kaichuang Co., Ltd
Mr. Zhang and his colleagues filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Qingdao Kaichuang Co., Ltd on behalf of the patentee AHT in Beijing Intellectual Property Court. In this case, Mr. Zhang helped the client successfully obtained the behavior preservation ruling (preliminary injunction) prohibiting the defendant from continuing infringement. （2020.12）
■ Gree v. AUX
Mr. Zhang and his colleagues represent defendant AUX to attend serial patent infringement litigations. Among them, Mr. Zhang and his colleagues successfully invalidated a patent involved in one case and finally win this litigation case. Several other lawsuits are still ongoing. (2017.06 – 2022.04)
■ Guangzhou Biaoqi v. Nanjing Baoguang
Mr. Zhang and his colleagues represent defendant Nanjing Baoguang to attend patent infringement litigation cases before Guangzhou IP Court and challenging the validity of two patents involved at the same time before the Patent Reexamination Board. As a result, in one infringement case the prosecution was withdrawn due to the invalidation of the patent, in the other infringement case successful non-infringement defense was made based on detailed and reasonable arguments during court hearing. (2017.12-2018.11)
■ Samsung v. Huawei
In the serial patent infringement litigations Mr. Zhang was mainly involved in SEP and FRAND related affairs, and has translated and compiled several German cases related to FRAND, some of which have been published in the "FRAND Case Selection", and Mr. Zhang is also one of the editors of the book. (2016-2018)
Invalidation Proceedings:
■ Langan (Tianjin) Technology Development Co., Ltd. v. WEH Connection Technology Co., Ltd
Mr. Zhang and his colleagues responded to the invalidation request of the applicant in two invalid cases (involving the field of high-pressure fluid connectors) on behalf of the patentee WEH Connection Technology Co., Ltd. Finally, the patent rights of the two patents remained valid, which provided a right basis for relevant litigations and was affirmed by customers.（2021）
■ Miao Yu v. Boehringer Ingelheim International Co., Ltd
Mr. Zhang and his colleagues represent the patentee Boehringer Ingelheim International Co., Ltd to respond to the invalidation request. With a deep understanding of the background technology and relevant technical features of the patent involved, the validity of the patent right was successfully maintained.
■ Qualcomm v. Apple
Mr. Zhang and his colleagues on behalf of the plaintiff Qualcomm responded to the requester's invalidation request in several invalidation cases. The team has won those invalidation cases. (2018-2019)
■ Ding Zhijun v. Siemens AG
In the two patent invalidation cases Mr. Zhang and his colleague have represented the patentee Siemens. Mr. Zhang and his colleague have won both the invalidation cases. (2018-2019)
Legal Opinions
Mr. Zhang provides more than 20 legal opinions in terms of FTO, potential infringement analysis, litigantion vetting and patent validity analysis for many clients including Goertek, THSAS, Mengniu, Ruixing, Voith, Qualcomm etc..
Presentations
- “Opportunities and Challenges-Protecting IoT and AI Innovations in China”, MB meets China Forum, Munich, Germany, March 2019;
- "Industry 4.0 from the perspective of patents", Liu&Shen Law Firm's "Think Tank" forum, August 2019.
- "On foreign related patent infringement litigation", forum of alumni lawyer cooperation committee of Law School of China University of political science and law, December 2020.
Publications
- Compilation of FRAND Related Cases”,China Science Press, as one of the editors.
- “How to calculate damages in case patent infringer refuses to provide account books”， IPLink Asia, July 2020。
Training
- "Obtaining, Enforcing and Evaluating Intellectual Property Rights in Europe", hosted by Boehmert & Boehmert Law Firm, Munich, Germany, July 2019;
All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Foreign Lawyers Talent Pool of Beijing Lawyers Association
Beijing
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Electronics Engineering
Chinese,English
Ms. Zhang received a PhD degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University on 2007, with research experience in machine vision, image/video processing and surgical robot. After graduation, Ms. Zhang worked as a software engineer at Telecommunication Research Institution of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd in Korean for 2 years.
Ms. Zhang joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2010. She focuses on computer science, digital image processing, digital video processing and telecommunication. She received training from D Young & CO, LLP, UK. in 2018.
Ms. Zhang has been dealing with a large number of cases related to the patent application and examination cases, especially relating to semiconductor inventions, since joining Liu, Shen & Associates, and led and participated in litigation cases such as Patent invalidation /Administrative Litigation/ Patent infringement litigation, etc.
Ms. Zhang works in the firm's Electrical and Electronics Department. Ms. Zhang is a member of the All-China Patent Agents Association. Ms. Zhang’s working languages are Chinese and English.
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;
- Central China Display Laboratories, LTD. (CCDL) v. Samsung Company, patent invalidation
- Delta Company v Ma Jianjun, patent invalidation
Representative Publications:
- “SEP related Patent Litigation and Invalidation Strategy Analysis,” Co-author, IPLEAD, November 2023 ;
- “Standard Essential Patents Royalty Calculation in the Telecommunications Industry”, Asia IP, March, 2018；
- “How IP in China is changing”, AIPLA, October, 2017；
- “Selected FRAND Cases”, member of the translation group, Science Press, 2018.
All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Beijing
Patent
Bio & Pharmaceutical,Life Science,Chemical Engineering
Chinese,English
Mr. Zhang started his legal profession in 2002 with Liu, Shen & Associates and he has been representing domestic and international clients for many years. He focuses on all aspects of intellectual property matters, ranging from patent application preparation and prosecution, patent reexamination, patent invalidation and litigation, freedom-to-operate, legal opinion, to due diligence, patent portfolio management, technology transfers, licenses, and strategic alliances, copyrights, and trade secrets. In addition, Mr. Zhang also has a rich experience in the protection of Plant New Varieties.
Mr. Zhang specializes in the life science-related fields including biotechnology, immunology, vaccine, biochemistry, molecular biology, pesticides, pharmaceutical, agriculture science, biomass, biomaterial, botanical science & breeding, medical device, food & nutrition science, feed science, environmental biology, cosmetic and detergent.
Prior to joining Liu Shen, he was engaged in research and development in life science. In 2001, he worked at the Beijing Genomic Institute, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and took part in the Rice Genome Project, which was an international cooperation project launched by many countries. In the late of 2007, he was dispatched to a famous European company in life science field and sequentially worked as consultant/patent attorney/patent manager in Patent & License department from 2007 to 2009.
EDUCATION &TRAINING
Mr. Zhang got his second Master degree in Intellectual Property Law from the Law School of Peking University in 2013. Before that, he received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Hebei University in 1998, and a Master degree in Agricultural science from the graduate school of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science in 2001.
During the summer of 2007, he visited Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP at Washington DC, USA, where he gained training in U.S. patent practice. In 2015, he was dispatched to a famous French law firm in Paris and took part in the training in European patent practice.
Representative cases that Mr. Zhang has led or participated include
- Bayer Pharma AG (German) v. Novo Nordisk (Danmark) in the invalidation proceedings, representing Bayer and winning this case;
- DSM IP Assets B.V. (Netherlands) v. Ni ShaoWei (China) in the invalidation proceedings, representing DSM and winning this case;
- Owen Mumford Limited (UK) v. Novo Nordisk (Danmark) in the invalidation proceedings, representing Owen Mumford limited and winning this case;
- Bayer China limited v. Novo Nordisk (Danmark) in the invalidation proceedings, representing Bayer and winning this case;
- Syngenta Participations(Switzerland) AG v. Shaanxi Meibang Pesticides Co., Ltd. in the invalidation proceedings, representing Syngenta;
- Syngenta Participations(Switzerland) AG v. Jiangsu Huifeng Agrochemical Co., Ltd.
- in the invalidation proceedings, representing Syngenta;
- Academia Sinica v. Tianjin Super Biologic Technology Development Co. Ltd. in the invalidation proceedings, representing Academia Sinica and winning this case;
- BIOHEAP LIMITED (Australia) v. Patent Reexamination Board of State Intellectual Property Office (China) in the litigation case, representing BIOHEAP LIMITED;
- ORGANOGENESIS INC(US) v. Patent Reexamination Board of State Intellectual Property Office (China) in the litigation case, representing ORGANOGENESIS INC;
- DSM IP Assets B.V. (Netherlands) v. Ni ShaoWei (China) in the litigation case, representing DSM.
Publications that Mr. Zhang has authored include
- Seven tips for technology transfer in China, Managing Intellectual Property, July/August 2012;
- An Overview of Technology Transfer Including Patent Licenses and Know-how Licenses in China, European Intellectual Property Review, 2013, Issue 3, Page 137-141;
- The Examination and Protection of Claims Having Functional Definition: A Case of Bio-medical Invention, Master’s Dissertation of Peking University, 2013.
- How to make sure your patent is properly supported in China, Managing Intellectual Property, April 2016;
- Patent issues for life science companies in China, Intellectual Asset Management, life Sciences 2016;
- Inventorship Determination in China, 2016;
- Recent Advances in Protection of New Varieties of Plants,2016;
- Guidance on determining who is an inventor, Managing Intellectual Property, February 2017;
- Examination Practice of Antibody-related Patent Applications in China, Lexology, November 2017;
- Brief introduction on cited documents, Patent Agency, 2018;
All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)
Beijing
Patent
Mechanical Engineering
Chinese,English
Ms. Zhang joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 1994 and became a qualified patent attorney in 1998. She now is co-head of patent application department of the firm.
Ms. Zhang had a bachelor's degree from Hefei Industrial University in 1990 majoring in Mechanical Engineering. She received training from Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP in 2006.
Beijing
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Education: (1) Master degree; (2) L.L.M. degree
University: (1) TheUniversityofBristol
(2) TheJohnMarshallLawSchoolin theUnited States(2013)
Qualification: Patent Attorney (2008) / Attorney at law (2009)
SUMMARY
Ms. Zhao joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2007. She specializes in patent prosecution and re-examination, patent invalidation, patent evaluation and patent litigation. Her experiences span into broad technology areas including telecommunication, image processing, electronics and circuits, computer and network, e-commerce and semiconductor etc.
Ms. Zhao got her qualification as a patent attorney in 2008 and as an attorney at law in 2009. She has participated in several patent lawsuits including patent infringement and patent invalidation. Her practice experiences also include the patent infringement analysis, patent invalidation analysis, patent evaluation and FTO analysis.
Ms. Zhao received her master degree in communication system and signal processing from theUniversityofBristol. Ms. ZHAO also studied the Intellectual Property Law of theUSat theJohnMarshallLawSchoolinChicago,USand obtained L.L.M. degree. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Zhao worked in Telecommunications Research Laboratory of Toshiba Research Europe Limited as a researcher.
Representative cases that Ms Zhao has led or participated include
- Dyson Limited (plaintiff) v. Zhejiang Aike Electrical Appliance Co. Ltd., as the attorney of the plaintiff Dyson won in the first instance and finally settled in the second instance;
- In the serial cases of Samsung v. Huawei, as the attorney of Samsung, participated in the patent invalidation, and the infringement lawsuit.
Presentation that Ms. Zhao has given include
- “Prior Art Defense with Case Analysis”, 2014;
- “How to draft computer program related application”, 2015;
- “Analysis on Standard Essential Patent (SEP) lawsuit cases in China”, 2016.
All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
