Beijing

Patent

Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Electrooptical Technology,Mechanical Engineering,Medical Devices,Precision Instruments,Material Science,Semiconductor,Inorganic Material

Chinese,English

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

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

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

Civil Litigation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Patent Invalidation or Administrative Litigation

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

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

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

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

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

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

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

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

Beijing

Patent

Electrooptical Technology,Material Science,Semiconductor

Chinese,English

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

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

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

Mr. Qiu has led or participated patent litigations including

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

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

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

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

Mr. Qiu has authored professional articles including:

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

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

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

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

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.

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)

Beijing

Trademark,Copyright

Chinese,English

PROFILE

Education: Bachelor of Law

University: Northeast University of Finance & Economics

Qualification: Attorney at law (1994)

SUMMARY

Mr. Kai Yang, attorney at law, is a senior associate in the firm. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in law when graduating from the Law School of the Northeast University of Finance & Economics in 1991. He started practicing law in 1994. Mr. Yang further received extensive training on trademark related laws and practice organized by AOTS in Japan in 2003.

Mr. Yang worked for two law firms as an attorney before joining Liu, Shen & Associates in 2000. Now Mr. Yang works in the Legal Department of the firm and has handled many trademark opposition and cancellation cases as well as many trademark related administrative proceedings before the TMO, TRAB and the Courts. Mr. Yang is also an expert in advising clients on various IP related laws such as copyright, unfair competition, license contract and trade secrets. His working laguanges are Chinese and English.

-     Li Ning Company v. Putian Yuxin Trading Co., Ltd., infringement of the "Li Ning and Device" registered trademark, involving customs protection of intellectual property rights. Mr. Yang represented Li Ning Company and won the case.

-     Heineken v. Trademark Review and Adjudication Board, “喜力” trademark review opposition review litigation case. Mr. Yang represented Heineken and won the case. This is the first time that the people’s court of the first instance permitted the trademark owner to supplement the submission of new evidence in the trademark administrative litigation proceeding. The case was included in the 2004 edition of the Chinese Trademark Report, Volume 1.

-     Beijing Xiyangyang Culture Development Co., Ltd. v. Samsung China and Samsung Tianjin, the neighboring right dispute. Mr. Yang represented Samsung, and this case was settled via mediation.

-     US Fine Art Lamps v. Zhongshan Juguang Lighting Co., Ltd, copyright infringement on product catalogs and lamp products. Mr. Yang represented US Fine Art Lamps and won the case in both first and second instances. This is the first time that Chinese court identified lighting products as "works of art with practical functions" and should be protected by copyright law. The case was chosen as the top ten intellectual property cases at Beijing Second Intermediate Court in 2006, meanwhile was covered by the related US medias.

-     DESCENTE LTD v. Shenzhen Zouxiunet Company, trademark infringement. Mr. Yang represented the trademark holder DESCENTE LTD and won the case. This case is the first trademark infringement case against group-buying websites, and the court affirmed that the group-buying websites should be responsible for the trademark infringement. This case was chosen as the top ten intellectual property cases in Beijing High Court in 2012, and was chosen as one of the top 50 top ten intellectual property cases by the Supreme Court.

-     Representing BASF, Merrill Lynch, Chivas, Anheuser-Busch, Matsushita Timberland and many other famous brands to crack down on fake products, through the local Administrations of Industry and Commerce.

-     “Team Beatles” trademark opposition review administrative litigation. Mr. Yang represented the owner of merchandising right of the Beatles to stop the other’s registration of “Beatles” as trademark and finally won the case in the first and second instance at Beijing Intermediate Court and Beijing High Court. This is the first time that Chinese court admitted the merchandising right upon the band’s name.

-     Beijing Daoxiangcun v. Suzhou Daoxiangcun, Mr. Yang represented Beijing Daoxiangcun and finally won the case in the re-trail instance at the Supreme Court. This case has typical meaning in resolving the disputes among numerous time-honored brands, and was chosen as one of the top 10 IP cases in 2014 by the Supreme Court.

-     Series of Cock device trademark cases, in these cases, Mr. Yang represented for the trademark owner DESCENTE LTD, prevented the other party from imitating the famous trademark.

-     Represented for HACHETTE FILIPACCHI PRESSE in the customs IP protection case in Beijing Customs, in which case the trademark holder tracked down more than 13,000 items of trademark infringing clothes. This case is the biggest case that Beijing Customs handled in 2016, and was reported by CCTV, BTV, Beijing Daily and other medium.

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Medical Devices

Chinese,English

PROFILE

Educational Background: Master degree for Information System; US LLM; China Master of Law degree

University：Beijing Aeronautics and Astronautics University (2005)；

US John Marshal Law School (2014)；

China University of Political science and Law (2017)

Qualification: Patent Attorney (2006)；Attorney at Law (2008)

SUMMARY

Mr. Yao specializes in providing legal service related to patent law. Based on the extensive experiences from patent prosecution and litigation in almost fifteen years, Mr. Yao has deep understanding on the spirit of China patent legal system. As the leading attorney, Mr. Yao has handled patent disputes for various international and domestic enterprises. Mr. Yao has the expertise to design overall litigation strategy based on specific cases and also the strong ability to summarize and analyze case details for the best of the clients. Mr. Yao is proficient in patent searching, with excellent skills in making searching strategy based on combined searching resources, establishing solid basis for the success of patent invalidation.

In technical field, Mr. Yao successfully represents France Staubli in a patent infringement case on textile machinery, which is selected as one of 2013 Top 10 IP cases in Jiangsu High Court. The corresponding patent administrative case is selected as one of 2017 guiding cases in Supreme Court. In telecommunication field, Mr. Yao participates a high-profile SEP infringement lawsuits, involving complicated determination of patent infringement, overloaded evidence summarizing and new FRAND issues. Further, Mr. Yao also provides patent related services for various enterprises, such as Qualcomm, Samsung , Schneider, Siemens, Knipex, Aux, Opple, GoerTek, OFO, Delphilaser, and is highly praised by the clients.

Mr. YAO keeps a close eye on development in IP law system in China and is active in reviewing IP hot issues and providing opinions in law amendments. Mr. Yao has solely or jointly published research articles on many topics on patent law. Mr. Yao has made presentations in many international IP conferences, with heated responses. 

Representative Cases

- An international telecommunication company v. a domestic telecommunication company, representing the international telecommunication company to attend SEP and non-SEP patent infringement group cases and patent invalidation group cases(over 40 cases) as the leading attorney, involving correspondence between telecommunication standards and SEPs, FRAND issues.

- Represented Aux to participate patent litigation and invalidation campaign among domestic air-conditioner enterprises.

- Represented defendant Samsung China to attend patent infringement litigation group cases before Shanghai IP Court and successfully challenged the validity of the series patents in a quick schedule to force the plaintiff to withdraw the cases.

- Represented plaintiff Staubli to launch series patent infringement litigation in Shanghai and Suzhou and obtained the overall success with the injunction and damages and IP Complaint Service for Staubli in Exhibition in Shanghai in 2012 and 2014 in “ITMA ASIA + CITME”. Selected as one of the TOP 10 cases in 2013 before Jiangsu High Court and also as one of the guiding cases before Supreme Court in 2017.

- Represented US Foxfurry to launch patent infringement case before Guangzhou IP Court and win the injunction and damages.

- Represented defendant Beijing Jieshi in preliminary injunction proceedings in Beijing IP Court. Successfully invalidated the patent and forced the plaintiff to withdraw the case.

- Represented Delphi Laser in patent invalidation series cases and all the way through appeals to the Retrial before the Supreme Court, all of which successfully maintaining the original invalidation decision.

- Represented US Global Imagination to initiate patent infringement litigation in Beijing and win the injunction and damages. Successfully defended the patent not to be invalidated against validity challenges for 3 times. Launched IP Complaint Service in Exhibition in Chengdu in 2018.

- Represented Zeng Shengke in an important case for public oral hearing with over 120 audiences, with press coverage such as China IP.

- Represented Yalian to successfully challenge the validity of 2 patents at the same time against Siempelkamp.

Publications and Presentations

Publications that Mr. YAO has authored include

-     “IP ENFORCEMENT AT TRADE FAIRS INCHINA”,AsiaIP, 2013

-     “MAKING THE MOST OF THE CUSTOMS”, MIP2016 inFocus, 2016

-     “CHINA’SEVOLVING SPECIALIST COURTS”, MIP AIPLA Daily Report, October 29, 2016

-     “COURT PROVIDES SEP GUIDANCE IN CHINA”, MIP 2017 Mid-year, June/July issue, 2017

-     “Breaking the damages dilemma in China patent litigation”, MIP 2017 End of Year, December issue, 2017

-     “ANALYZING THE SUPREME COURT’S STANCE ON SUFFICIENT DISCLOSURE”, MIP 2018, China IP Focus

-     “What is a Scope of a Functional Limintation in China”, Asia IP 2018, May issue

-     Coauthor in the book <FRAND Case Selection> 2018

Presentation that Mr. YAO has made include

-     “METHOD FEATURES IN CLAIMS OF UTILITY MODEL PATENT”, AIPLA China forum, 2014

-     “TRADE SECRET PROTECTION INCHINA”, AIPPI China-US Forum, 2016

-     “Analysis on SEP rules in China”, International IP Business 2018 Forum, 2018

-     Several Presentations on “Intelligent Tank” inside LS law firm

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

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

Beijing

Patent

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

Chinese,English

Mr. Yu specializes in providing legal services related to patent law, including patent prosecution, patent invalidation, Patent litigation and client counseling, with a focus on communication technologies, electronics & circuit, signal processing, computer technologies, artificial Intelligence, Internet & e-commerce technologies.

Based on 17-year experiences in patent prosecution and litigation, Mr. Yu deeply understands the patent legal system of China. Mr. Yu has the expertise to design litigation strategies suitable for specific cases and adjust and implement the strategies with progress of the cases. As a leading attorney, Mr. Yu has handled patent disputes for various international and domestic companies. In recent years, Mr. Yu have represented many Multination and Chinese companies to successfully handle a series of high-profile patent infringement lawsuits.  

Mr. Yu has also conducted various patent analysis and evaluation affairs, including FTO analysis, patent validity analysis, pre-litigation analysis, SEP analysis, etc., providing powerful support for the clients in their decision-making in China. Mr. Yu has also prosecuted a large amount of patent applications for clients, covering wireless communication, AI, medical devices, IoT, electronics,etc.

Mr. Yu obtained his L.L.M. degree from John Marshall Law School in U.S. in 2015 and obtained his master's degree and bachelor’s degree from Tsinghua University in 2004 and 2001. He also received training from a US law firm in 2007.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

1.   Represented Qualcomm in Qualcomm v. Apple: handled over four patent infringement litigations and patent invalidation cases in wireless communication and smart device fields and won all the patent invalidation cases; the litigation cases have been settled.     

2.   Represented Samsung in Huawei v. Samsung: handled over three SEP and Non-SEP patent infringement litigations and related patent invalidation cases in wireless communication and smart device fields, and won most of the patent invalidation cases; the litigation cases have been settled.  

3.   Represented SolarEdge in SolarEdge v. Huawei: handled three invalidation cases in Solar Inverter field; the three cases are ongoing.

4.   Represented Novatek in Novatek v. Focal Tech: handled one invalidation case in touch detection field and won this case.  

5.   Represented Skyworks in Skyworks v. ChiefTech: handled the patent infringement litigation and related patent invalidation case in power management device; the case was settled.

6.   Represented Skyworks in Skyworks v. Sanet: handled the patent infringement litigation and related patent invalidation case in power management device; the case was settled.

7.   Entrusted by an International pharmaceutical company to conduct due diligence on a Chinese medical device company in which they will invest, including conducing a FTO analysis for a certain capsule gastroscope which is the key product of the Chinese company.

8.   Entrusted by an investment company to conduct a FTO analysis on a certain multiple-axis machine tool produced by a Chinese company so as to provide support for the investment decision-making.

9.   Entrusted by a Japanese wireless communication company to conduct patent mapping in natural language analysis field and in digital marketing technology field respectively to support their R&D decision-making.

10. Entrusted by an AI-based chip company to provide analysis on compliance risks in view of related provisions of USA.

Articles:

-     “China’s evolving patent system”, 2015 annual meeting of The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

-     “Consideration on technical effect under priority system”, Asia IP, 2018

Presentations:

-     “Watch or March – IP Protection Strategy in China”, MIP IP in Asia Forum 2016, London & Paris

-     “Updates on standard essential patents in China”, AIPPI Japan, China, Korea Trilateral Meting 2018, Nagoya, Japan

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

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

Committee member of China National Intellectual Property Youth Association 

Beijing

Patent

Telecommunication

Chinese,English

As a patent attorney and attorney-at-law representing clients in mechatronics, mechanical automation control, automotive new energy, telecommunication technology, MEMS chips technology, Michael Xiang ZHANG helps companies identify, develop and implement strategies for protecting rights to their technology to enable them to achieve their business goals.

Michael focuses his practice on patent, trade secret and other intellectual property related litigations, including: patent invalidation, patent invalidation administrative litigation, patent infringement litigation, patent ownership dispute litigation, trade secret misappropriation litigation, and pre-litigation evaluation and risk prevention. He represents clients from multinational corporations to domestic start-ups, participating in hundreds of litigations, most of which are influential and cutting edge cases in areas of standard essential patent (SEP), patent disputes overlapped with IPO, software infringement and so on. Quite a few of the cases represented by Michael have been selected as the annual national typical intellectual property cases by the Supreme People's Court (SPC), the national outstanding foreign-related cases by the All China Lawyers Association, the annual typical intellectual property cases by the Higher People's Court, and the annual typical cases of patent invalidation by the China Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA).

Michael joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2007. Before that he held a position as a product manager in a multinational company. Michael is active and frequently gives speeches at meetings and seminars organized by various IP platforms for domestic enterprises and foreign clients. He was appointed as the counsel of the government in 2020. Michael also has co-published a book “Typical FRAND Litigation Cases”.

Michael graduated from Tianjin University with a major in mechanical electronics, and double majored in technical economics and a master's degree in mechanical manufacturing and automation. He accomplished his master courses of civil and commercial law in the China University of Political Science and Law and obtained a LL.M degree in intellectual property law from John Marshall Law School in US.

Representative cases

-     Typical SEP infringement cases between two giant mobile phone companies Huawei and Samsung (in 2016-2019): Representing Samsung, Michael lead a team working on 40+ telecommunication standard essential patent (SEP) infringement cases and 40+ corresponding patent invalidation cases in parallel, which contribute to a settlement between the two parties, reaching a global cross license agreement. These cases are greatly influential on the telecommunication field, guiding future’s negotiations between telecommunication SEP licensors and licensees in a legitimate and effective manner. Some of the cases were listed as one of top 50 typical national intellectual property judicial cases in China in 2019 by the Supreme People's Court, one of top 10 typical intellectual property judicial cases in Beijing in 2019 by the Beijing Higher People's Court, one of top 10 typical intellectual property judicial cases in Guangdong Province in 2019 by the Guangdong Higher People's Court, one of top 10 typical intellectual property judicial cases in Shenzhen in 2019 by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court, one of top 10 typical innovative intellectual property judicial cases in Guangzhou by the Guangzhou IP Court, one of top 10 typical intellectual property judicial cases in Fujian Province in 2018 by the Fujian Higher People's Court, and one of top 10 typical national patent invalidation cases in 2018 by CNIPA.

-     Typical case of trade secret misappropriation (in 2020-2022): Michael represents a large environmental field company against a listed company and a senior executive for trade secret misappropriation, wherein a compensation of nearly 100 million RMB was judged by the court in the first instance. This case of first instance was selected as the typical IP judicial case of Nanjing court in the years of 2017-2021, which has great guidance on how to judge the trade secret misappropriation for the common illegal situation that employees in the previous company were intentionally offered a new job to form another R&D team in the new company.

-     Typical IP litigations against an IPO company of Science and Technology Innovation Board (in 2020-2022): Representing a high-tech company Goer Co., Ltd. against Suzhou Minxin Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. during its period of launching IPO, Michael lead his team to work on filing a series of actions before the courts, including disputes on patent ownership, patent invalidation, patent infringement and unfair competition. The related cases were selected by the media as one of the top 10 hot cases in IPO area in 2020, which had great significance in the IP risk management area which may be determinative on the success/failure for a high-tech company to be launched in Science and Technology Innovation Board.

-     Typical patent infringement case in the field of automobile new energy (in 2020-2021): Representing a high-tech company TAFEL to defend in a patent infringement case against the company CATL (largest company in the field of automobile new energy in domestic China), wherein CATL claimed over 100 million RMB compensation, Michael helped the client to minimize the loss in the judicial procedure. It is for the first time in this case that the court established the rule of calculating the damages in the field of automobile new energy. This case was selected as one of top 10 typical intellectual property judicial cases in Fujian Province in 2021 and one of top 10 typical patent invalidation cases before CNIPA in 2021.

-     Typical patent infringement case in the field of code-scanning payment (in 2020-2021): Representing a domestic company against the Alibaba company, Apple company, etc., Michael participated in the patent dispute cases relating to a two-dimensional code scanning payment technology, which is utilized as an essential transact manner for Chinese daily life, and the trial of which have been publicly observed by around 1 million audience both on-line and offline.

-     Typical case of standard essential patent license fee dispute (in 2018-2019): Michael participated in a standard essential patent license fee dispute case, which involves billions of claimed license fee. The case was selected as an outstanding transaction in 2019 by the institute of Commercial Law.

-     Typical foreign-related case of patent infringement of mobile phone operating software: (in 2013-2020): Michael represented an international company to defend in a patent infringement litigation, involving more than 100 million RMB compensation to be sued. The case has great significance on the rule of software infringement establishment and the rule of inventiveness judgement on a mobile phone operating software patent. The case was selected as one of top 90 outstanding cases of foreign-related litigation in China and published in the book Outstanding Cases of Foreign-related Legal Services published in 2021.

Government-related honors

-     In 2022, he was appointed as one of the first batch of professionals in the third-party supervision and evaluation mechanism by the Beijing Third-party Supervision and Evaluation Mechanism of Compliance of Enterprises Involved in the Case.

-     In 2022, he was selected by Beijing Intellectual Property Office as an expert in Beijing intellectual property expert database.

-     In 2021, he was selected as a leading attorney of Haidian district by the Judicial Bureau of Haidian District of Beijing.

-     In 2021, he was invited by Southwest University of Political Science and Law as a lecturer in intellectual property law.

-     In 2020, he was selected as an excellent lawyer by the Judicial Bureau of Haidian District of Beijing.

-     In 2020, he was selected as an honorary lecturer by China Intellectual Property Publishing House.

-     In 2019, he was selected as a foreign-related intellectual property expert by the Judicial Bureau of Haidian District of Beijing.

-     In 2019, he was selected as a foreign-related intellectual property expert by Intellectual Property Protection Center of Jiangsu Province.

-     In 2019, he was invited as a lecturer for the patent litigation attorneys by the All-China Patent Agents Association.

Publications

-     “Coping with Patent Ownership Disputes Caused by New Employees”, Beijing Intellectual Property Public Service Platform, 2022.

-     “Loss and Recovery of Intellectual Property Rights under the Influence of Epidemic”, official website of All-China Lawyers Association, 2020.

-     “The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Patents 2019: Chapter 10 China”, Published by Global Legal Group.

-     “FRAND Classical Cases”, book counsel, science press, 2018.

-     “Standard Essential Patents Royalty Calculation in Telecommunication Industry”, Asia IP annual, 2018.

-     “China’s evolving patent system”, AIPLA annual 2015.

-     “Suggestions on Patent Draft from Aspect of Patent Infringement”, China IP Summit Forum 2014.

-     “Case Study on Supporting Issue of A26.4 of Chinese Patent Law”, China IP Summit Forum 2012 (first prize), 2012.

-     “Making Most of the Patent Law”, Managing IP, China IP Focus 2011.

-     “Case study on Amendment Issue of A33 of Chinese Patent Law”, China IP Summit Forum 2010.

Presentations

-     "Coping with Key Sections in Patent Litigation", Conference sponsored by Guangxi Market Supervision Bureau, 2022.

-     "Patent Litigation Process, Strategies and Skills", on-line training for Litigation agent sponsored by All-China Patent Agents Association, 2021.

-     "Interpretation of Punitive Compensation System for Patent Infringement", "IP Expert Talk" hold by China Intellectual Property Press, 2020.

-     "Enterprise Intellectual Property Management and Risk Prevention", sponsored by Guangdong Intellectual Property Office, 2020.

-     "Litigation process improvement for patent infringement case relating punitive damages", the 7th China Innovation and Intellectual Property Protection Forum, China Intellectual Property Law Research Association, and the Supreme People's Court Intellectual Property Judicial Protection Theory Research Center (Renmin University of China), etc., 2019.

-     “Standard Essential Patent FRAND Royalty Rate Setting”, The 12th China Mainland and Taiwan Patent Forum, 2019.

-     “Standard Essential Patent Litigation”, All-China Patent Agents Association, 2019

-     "Deal with Malicious Patent Litigation ", the 6th China Innovation and Intellectual Property Protection Forum, China Intellectual Property Law Research Association, and the Supreme People's Court Intellectual Property Judicial Protection Theory Research Center (Renmin University of China), etc., 2018.

-     "Evidence Exchange Rules - Attorney Perspective", the second "Sanzhi IP Forum", jointly organized by Zhi Zhi Hui, Zhi Chan li, and Zhi Chan Bao, co-organized by Jia Xing Intermediate People's Court, 2017.

-     “Discussion on Non-obviousness in Inventiveness Evaluation”, Seminar of Idea Exchange among Beijing courts, Patent Office of China and Patent Agency, 2015.

-     “Use of Utility Model in China”, Seminar of Patent Practice in China held by Liu, Shen & Associates in Chicago of US, 2015.

-     “Study on Supporting Issue under Patent Law”, China IP Summit Forum, 2012.

Government projects

-     "Zhongguancun Intellectual Property Service Keeper Project", Zhongguancun Intellectual Property Promotion Center, 2021.

-     "Capital Intellectual Property International Exchange and Cooperation Base Construction Project", Beijing Intellectual Property Office, 2020.

-     “Collection of Intellectual Property Cases of Leading Enterprises of Zhongguancun", Zhongguancun Intellectual Property Promotion Center, 2019.

-     “Feasibility of China Joining Patent Law Treaty”, China Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), 2015.

-     “Reform of Official Patent Fees”, China Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), 2015.

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing Lawyers Association

China Service Trade Association

北京

特許

機械工程

中国語,英語,日本語

2007年に柳瀋律師事務所に入所してから、日本のクライアントに対する窓口を担当するとともに、特許出願、無効審判及び侵害訴訟などの知的財産業務全般も担当している。

2010年に弁護士資格を取得した後、2014年に弁理士資格も取得した。入所以来、中国特許法に関する数多くの問い合わせに対応するとともに、侵害訴訟及び無効審判の対応にもチームメンバーとして参加し、多くの経験を積んだ。さらに、ライセンス、税関保護、及びインターネット上の権利保護に関する問題事例についても豊富な知識と経験を持っている。

2004年6月に南京師範大学日本語学科を卒業後、2005年4月から名古屋市立大学の教育研究科に入学し、2007年4月に教育学の修士学位を取得した。さらに、2010年3月から2012年7月にかけて北京理工大学にて自動車工学を履修し（社会人コース）、学士号を取得した。

訴訟チームのメンバーとして対応した代表的な案件：

1.株式会社クボタv. 泰州鋒陵の特許侵害紛争案件 

終審で原告の株式会社クボタはRMB800,000の賠償金を取得した。

2.パナソニックv.鄞州京能管業の意匠無効審判案件

無効審判及び審決取消訴訟一審、二審を経て、鄞州京能管業の意匠権無効が確定した。

中華全国弁護士協会（ACLA）

中華全国弁理士協会（ACPAA）

北京

特許

材料,インターネット技術,半導体

中国語,英語,日本語

2006年に入所した以来、機械、材料、半導体、燃料電池、通信など、幅広い技術分野で活躍している。無効審判、行政訴訟、民事侵害案件を取り扱うとともに、権利有効性鑑定、権利抵触性鑑定、証拠収集、訴訟戦略策定の経験も豊富である。また、海外企業の中国での権利活用、権利譲渡、特許ライセンス案件にも数多く関与している。特に、日本語グループのリーダーとして日系企業を代理する経験が豊富である。日本の特許制度と日系企業のやり方をよく理解するので、日中法律上の相違点を意識しながらクライアントに適切なアドバイスを提供できる。

2002年に日本佐賀大学機械工学科で博士課程（エネルギー及び先端材料専攻）を修了し、博士号を取得した。2013年にアメリカのThe John Marshall Law Schoolで知的財産法専攻修士課程（LLM）を修了した。

2003年～2006年に、日本有名な特許法律事務所で勤務し、特許出願と中国法律相談を担当した。2004年に中国弁理士資格を取得し、2009年に弁護士資格を取得した。

訴訟及び無効案件

-    日系金融機器メーカーの代理人として、特許侵害訴訟に対応し、非侵害抗弁が二審裁判所に認められ、勝訴判決を獲得した。さらに、無効審判にてかかる特許権を全部無効にさせた。

-    日本大手総合エレクトロニクスメーカーの代理人として無効審判請求に対応し、かかる特許権の全部有効が維持された。

-    日本大手電機メーカーの代理人として意匠権無効審判請求に対応し、かかる意匠権の全部有効が維持された。

-    日本二輪車部品メーカーの代理人として、かかる特許についてヨーロッパで異議申立てが受けられた状況で、中国における特許無効審判に対応し、特許権の全部有効が維持された。

-    シーメンズ社の代理人として、審決取消訴訟において二審裁判所で逆転勝訴し、拒絶査定が取消され、かかる特許出願を特許査定とさせた。

-    株式会社小糸製作所の代理人として特許無効審判請求に対応し、かかる特許権の全部有効が維持された。

-    本田技研工業株式会社の代理人として特許無効審判請求に対応し、かかる特許権の全部有効が維持された。

-    株式会社カネカの代理人として、無効審判と審決取消訴訟に対応し、一審、二審とも勝訴し、特許権の全部有効が維持された。

法律相談案件

-    スウェーデンのベビー用品メーカーの権利行使に協力し、証拠収集と侵害鑑定を行ったうえ、被疑侵害者に対して警告状を発送した。被疑侵害者は関連製品をネットショップから撤回し、今後権利侵害行為を行わないとの書面上の承諾もした。

-    ある自動車部品メーカーの依頼を受け、一連の特許権について侵害鑑定と有効性鑑定を行い、クライアントの特許侵害リスト回避に協力した。

-    ある化学製品メーカーの依頼を受け、一連の特許権について侵害鑑定と有効性鑑定を行い、権利行使戦略を策定し、クライアントは特許ライセンス交渉に有利な立場になるよう協力した。結局、特許ライセンス契約は成功に結び付けた。

-    ある電子製品メーカーの特許ライセンス交渉に協力し、一連の特許権について侵害鑑定と有効性鑑定を行うとともに、交渉中の特許関連問題を積極的に対応し、特許ライセンスの最終的な締結に協力した。

-    あるタバコメーカーのため無効調査、特許有効性鑑定、FTOを実施した。

-    ある日本化学品メーカーのため日中職務発明制度の研究を行い、その中国子会社の職務発明制度の制定に協力した。

-    ある鉄鋼メーターの技術輸出入に関する法律相談を受け、技術輸出入契約のチェックを行った。

-    あるタバコメーカーの特許権譲渡契約をチェックし、特許権譲渡が成功になるよう協力した。

著作・講演･国際会議

-    「信義誠実原則の専利法への導入及び実務上の可能な適用」（共著）、北京弁護士協会WeChat公式アカウント、2021.9.28。

-    「特許侵害訴訟における証拠収集」、2021年第2回JETRO中国IPG全体会合、上海、2021.7.8。

-    「侵害損害賠償の立証はどうする？１０件の判例からアドバイスを」（共著）、知産力WeChat公式アカウント、2021.6.25。

-    「中国における抵触出願制度および実務上の対応」（共著）、パテント，Vol.74 No.1，2021。

-    「What impact do TIER amendments have on technology transfer contracts」、MIP  Japanese Buyers’Guide、2019.10。

-    「Keeping it confidential」（panel moderator）, 2017 IPBC Asia, Tokyo, October 2017.

-    「拒絶理由の対応」、JETRO中国IPG人材育成委員会知財一般実務研修会講演、北京、2017年6月。

-    「特許権侵害司法解釈の二の紹介」、日中弁理士協会交流会講演、北京、2016年5月。

-    「Strategies for successful patent prosecution」(panel moderator), MIP China International IP Forum, Beijing, June 12, 2014.

活動

-    中国知識産権研究会理事

-    AIPPI中国分会Q221専門委員会委員

中華全国弁護士会

中華全国弁理士会

国際知的財産権協会中国分会（AIPPI）

Beijing

Patent

Bio & Pharmaceutical,Life Science,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English,Japanese

Dr. Cao Lili is a partner of Liu, Shen & Associates. She has long focused her practice on providing whole-process patent portfolio management and patent enforcement, and has extensive experience in strategically managing patent portfolios for multinational clients to help clients increase the value of their IP assets. Dr. Cao mainly focus on patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, IP litigation for clients such as GSK, Pfizer, Sanofi, Merck, Ono Pharmaceutical, Takeda Pharmaceutical.

Dr. CAO also served domestic innovative companies, deeply involved in the patent mining, global patent portfolio, global patent prosecution and so on. Further, Dr. Cao also participated in non-litigation services such as legal counseling, FTO, and due diligence.

Before joining Liu, Shen & Associates, Dr. Cao worked in the medical institute and marketing department of Pharmaceutical Group for 4 years. During this period, she worked on R&D, Investigation Research before Project Approval, Regulatory Affairs, Trademark Affairs, Advertising Planning, Market Investigation and Forecast.

EDUCATION

Dr. Cao studied in the Institute of Materia Medica (IMM), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, and received her Ph.D. in 2005. She received further training on American patent law and practice at the John Marshall Law School in the United States in 2010. 

Representative cases that Ms. Cao has participated include

-     Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited vs. Zhejiang Yongning Pharmaceutical Factory at the stage of invalidation and court (the Intermediate court, higher court and supreme court) procedures, representing Takeda;

-     Jiangsu Xiansheng vs. LI Ping, at the stage of invalidation, representing Jiangsu Xianshen;

-     BPSI Holdings LLC vs. Tianjin ILE Pharmaceutical Materials Co. Ltd at the stage of invalidation and court (the Intermediate court and higher court) procedures, representing BPSI;

-     Pfizer vs. Beijing Pulude Pharmaceutical Science and Technology at the stage of invalidation, representing Pfizer;

-     Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH (BI, German) vs. PRB (China), Third Party: ZHANG Ying, representing BI at the stage of court (the Intermediate court and higher court) procedures.

Publications that Ms. Cao has authored include

-     “How to determine novelty conferring features”, Managing Intellectual Property, March/April 2015;

-     “Overview of regulatory reform in China”, IAM Life Sciences, 2018.

QUALIFICATIONS

PRC Bar Qualification

Member of the PRC Patent Bar

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Medical Devices

Chinese,English

EDUCATION:

−     Master of Mechanical Engineering                                          Tsinghua University

−     Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering                                       Beihang University

Mr. Chen joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2014. He specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, IP litigation, and client counseling with a focus on medical instruments, MEMS, sensors, electrical connecters, etc.

Mr. Chen became a qualified patent attorney in 2015, and is now a registered patent agent in China. Mr. Chen is a litigation agent recommended by the Supreme Court and also by the All-China Patent Attorneys Association.

Mr. Chen has participated in several patent lawsuits including patent infringement litigations and patent invalidation proceedings. He has focused on patent related cases such as patent infringement analysis, patent validity analysis, FTO analysis and prior art search and analysis.

Main Clients Mr. Chen Worked for:

−     TE Connectivity, Qualcomm Incorporated, 3M Innovation, General Motors, Leili Group, Canadian Solar, Shagang Group, etc.

Main Project Experience:

−     Thin film thermocouple sensors for monitoring cutting temperature

−     Research on the cutting mechanism of crank flying shearer (CISDI)

−     Finite element analysis of cutting temperature fields (MHI)

−     Experimental investigation of titanium alloys machinibility

−     Roller type hydraulic pump and push type linear motor

Representative cases that Mr. Chen has led or participated include:

1. Infringement Litigations

−     3M Innovation v. Shinva Co. - serial patent infringement litigations, in relation to two invention patents and one design patent, Mr. Chen represents the plaintiff 3M Innovation - the case won the 1^st trial - Shanghai IP Court ruled that the defendant compensated 3M Innovation for a total damage of RMB 10 million and reasonable expenses of RMB 650,000 - the 2^nd trial is currently underway;

−     3M Innovation v. Sisa Co. - serial patent infringement litigations, in relation to two invention patents, Mr. Chen represents the plaintiff 3M Innovation - the case won the 1^st trial - Zhengzhou IP Court ruled that the defendant compensated 3M Innovation for a total damage of RMB 1 million (the defendant not appealed);

−     Leili Co. v. Zhongjingke Co. - patent infringement litigation, Mr. Chen represents the plaintiff Leili Co. - the case won the 1^st and 2^nd trials - Suzhou IP Court ruled that the defendant compensated Leili for a total damage of RMB 1 million, and the IP Court of the Supreme Court upheld the judgment;

−     Rena GmbH v. Canadian Solar - patent infringement litigations, Mr. Chen represents the defendant Canadian Solar - the involved patent was wholly invalidated in PRB through the invalidation proceeding, based on this, Suzhou Intermediate Court ruled that Rena's lawsuit was rejected, and the Jiangsu Higher Court upheld the ruling.

2. Administrative Litigations

−     Hanyu Co. v. CNIPA - administrative litigation in relation to invalidation of invention patent right, Mr. Chen represents the third party Leili Co. (winner in the invalidation proceeding) - the case won the 1^st trial - Beijing IP Court ruled that the appealed Decision was upheld, and the IP Court of the Supreme Court also upheld the judgment in the 2^nd trial;

−     Rena GmbH v. CNIPA - administrative litigation in relation to invalidation of invention patent right, Mr. Chen represents the third party Canadian Solar (winner in the invalidation proceeding) - the case won the 1^st trial - Beijing IP Court ruled that the appealed Decision was upheld - the 2^nd trial is currently underway;

−     Apple Inc. v. CNIPA - administrative litigation in relation to invalidation of invention patent right, Mr. Chen represents the third party Qualcomm Incorporated (winner in the invalidation proceeding) - the 1^st trial is currently underway;

3. Invalidation Proceedings

1)    Representing the Patent Owner

−     Qualcomm Incorporated v. Apple Inc. (ZL201080006270.3), Mr. Chen in this case represents the patentee Qualcomm Incorporated - the patent right was wholly upheld by PRB;

−     AUX Co. v. Midea Co. (ZL201620666033.4), Mr. Chen in this case represents the patentee AUX Co. - the patent right was upheld by PRB on a basis of the amended claims;

−     Leili Co. v. Zhongjingke Co. (ZL201620056814.1), Mr. Chen in the serial cases represents the patentee Leili Co. - the patent right was upheld twice by PRB in both of the invalidation proceedings;

−     Leili Co. v. Hanyu Co. (ZL201520739827.4), Mr. Chen in this case represents the patentee Leili Co. - the patent right was wholly upheld by PRB;

−     Leili Co. v. Hanyu Co. (ZL201220152493.7), Mr. Chen in this case represents the patentee Leili Co. - the patent right was upheld by PRB on a basis of the amended claims;

−     Leili Co. v. Chaowen Weng (ZL201720667374.8), Mr. Chen in this case represents the patentee Leili Co. - the patent right was upheld by PRB on a basis of the amended claims;

−     Leili Co. v. Zhongjingke Co. (ZL201820008400.0), Mr. Chen in this case represents the patentee Leili Co. - the patent right was upheld by PRB on a basis of the amended claims;

2)     Representing the Petitioner

−     Canadian Solar v. Rena GmbH (ZL200480043087.5), Mr. Chen in this case represents the petitioner Canadian Solar - the patent right was wholly invalidated by PRB;

−     Xi Zhang v. Alibaba Co. (ZL201620847681.X), Mr. Chen in this case represents the petitioner Xi Zhang - the patent right was wholly invalidated by PRB;

−     Leili Co. v. Zhongjingke Co. (ZL201620619693.7), Mr. Chen in this case represents the petitioner Leili Co. - the patent right was wholly invalidated by PRB;

−     Otti Co. v. Recticel NV (ZL201080055638.5), Mr. Chen in this case represents the petitioner Otti Co. - the patent right was wholly invalidated by PRB.

4. Legal Opinions

Mr. Chen provides legal opinions for many clients, in relation to:

−     Patent infringements analysis and opinions - 20+ cases;

−     Patent validity analysis and opinions - 30+ cases;

−     Free-to-operate (FTO) and early warnings - 10+ cases; and

−     Prior art search & analysis, IP due diligence, etc. - 10+ cases.

5. Speeches & Articles

The articles written by Mr. Chen in recent years include:

−     “The keys to success in patent litigation” - published on IAM China: Managing the IP Lifecycle 2021; and

−     “How to judge the ‘sufficiency of disclosure in specification’ issue? - The latest criterion from the Supreme Court” - published on Liu Shen Newsletter July 2020.

Presentations that Mr. Chen has presented include:

−     An English speech entitled “Claim Drafting In Light Of Litigation” in 2018 AIPPI China IP Youth Seminar.

All-China Patent Attorneys Association (ACPAA)

Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society (CMES)