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)
Beijing
Patent
Mechanical Engineering,Medical Devices,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Ms. Zhao joined Liu, Shen & Associates in April, 2008.
Ms. Zhao obtained the qualification as an attorney at law in 2009 and obtained the qualification as a patent attorney in 2009. Ms. Zhao’s current practice mainly focuses on patent enforcement including patent litigation and administration proceedings, patent prosecution and invalidation in the technical fields of Material Science & Engineering, Semiconductor device and process, Display technology, Medical device, Virtual reality technology, Three-Dimensional display technology, Sharing item technology and so on. Ms. Zhao’s services also include providing patent strategy consultation and patent searching report and FTO. Also, Ms. Zhao has assisted Chinese applicants in patent application filing and prosecution with foreign patent offices, such as USPTO, EPO, JPO, KIPO, etc.
Ms. Zhao had a bachelor's degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2002 and had a doctor's degree from Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007.
I. Civil Litigation
1. Aux v. Gree (2017), patent infringement litigation and related patent invalidation, Ningbo People's Intermediate Court, representing the plaintiff (patentee).
2. Beijing Perfect Light V. Ceaulight (2016), patent infringement litigation, Beijing intellectual property court (First Instance), representing the defendant.
II. Patent Invalidation or Administrative Litigation
1. HRID - NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING d.o.o. za razvoj i primjenu tehnologija v. INETEC Institute for Nuclear Technology D.O.O (2014), patent invalidation, patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO, representing the invalidation petitioner. The Board held the patent entirely invalid.
2. Skyworks Solutions Inc. v. Patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO (2016), Beijing intellectual property court, representing the plaintiff.
3. Kunshan shangli packaging products co. LTD. V. Shanghai cui ling glass products co. LTD.(2016), patent invalidation, patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO, representing the invalidation petitioner. The Board held the patent partially invalid.
4. Altek Corporation V. Shenzhen O-film Technology Co., Ltd. (2017), patent invalidation, patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO, representing the patentee. The Board held the patent valid.
5. Altek Corporation V. Kunshan titanium microelectronics technology co. LTD. (2017), patent invalidation, patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO, representing the patentee. The Board held the patent valid.
6. Wuxi Little Swan Company Limited V. Haier (2016), patent invalidation, patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO, representing the invalidation petitioner. The Board held the patent entirely invalid.
7. A domestic famous communication corp. V. a global famous communication corp. (2016), patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO, representing the invalidation petitioner. The Board held the patent entirely invalid.
Publications
“The coping strategy of the enterprise relating to ownership dispute of the service invention”, 7th Intellectual Property Forum held by All-China Patent Attorneys Association in 2017 (published as the outstanding thesis).
Beijing
Trademark
Chinese,English
Education: Master degree of Law
University:ChineseAcademyof Social Sciences (2012)
Qualification: Attorney at law (2016)
Since 2013, Mr. Zheng has been working in Liu, Shen & Associates, responsible mainly for trademark non-litigation and administrative litigation cases, trademark infringement administrative raid actions, and other IP infringement litigations. Mr. Zheng has been served as authorized attorney for many trademark litigations against the government authority, as well as trademark infringement civil litigations. In 2020, Mr. Zheng became the junior partner of Liu, Shen & Associates.
Before joining Liu, Shen & Associates, Mr. Zheng worked as an in-house lawyer successively in BYD Company, andChinaInternationalCopyrightExchangeCenterfor years, dealing with contract review, legal disputes resolution and IP management.
Mr. Zheng achieved a bachelor degree in law fromTsinghuaUniversityin 2008; in 2012, he achieved a master degree in law from theChineseAcademyof Social Sciences. Mr. Zheng got his qualification as an attorney at law in 2016.
Representative cases that Mr. Zheng has led or participated include:
- Beijing Daoxiangcun v. Suzhou Daoxiangcun, Mr. Zheng and his colleagues represented Beijing Daoxiangcun and finally won the case in the re-trail instance at the Supreme Court, and this case was edited as one of top 10 IP cases in 2014;
- Representing Beijing Daoxiangcun in a series of trademark administrative litigations and civil actions concerning the dispute between Beijing Daoxiangcun and Suzhou Daoxiangcun, and won the cases;
- Team Beatles trademark opposition review litigation, Mr. Zheng represented the owner of merchandising right of the Beatles and finally won the case in the final instance at Beijing High Court;
- Dow trademark refusal review litigation, in this case, the court admitted the examination of trademarks should abide by the principle of consistency;
- LEGO trademark opposition review case, in this case, Mr. Zheng represented for Lego Company and finally made the opposed mark “LEGO” rejected on goods of glasses, and made LEGO trademark recognized as well-known trademark in China;
- Series of Cock device trademark cases, in these cases, Mr. Zheng represented for the trademark owner DESCENTE LTD, prevented the other party from imitating the famous trademark;
- Representing for HACHETTE FILIPACCHI PRESSE in the Customs IP protection case, in which Beijing Customs 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;
- Representing for Schneider, Lego, Toyo Tires, ABB and many other famous foreign companies to file the trademark oppositions and petitions for invalidation;
- Representing for ASIA SYMBOL, HACHETTE FILIPACCHI PRESSE, DESCENTE LTD and other clients in trademark infringement administrative raid actions;
- Representing US Foxfury to launch patent infringement case before Guangzhou IP Court and win the injunction and damages;
- Representing a Chinese biotech company in a trade secret arbitration case against a US company before the CIETAC, and successfully made the US company withdraw the case;
- Attending the multiple cases on the patent disputes between Samsung and Huawei.
Publications:
- “How to fight online infringement in China,” INTA DAILY NEWS;
- “The fight for IP protection goes on” published in China Law & Practice (2015 / 9)
HONORS:
- Excellent Lawyer in Haidian District in 2020;
- Excellent Employee in Liu, Shen & Associates in 2020.
All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)
北京
特許
通信,インターネット技術,電子商取引,人工知能,ビッグデータ処理,画像処理,半導体
中国語,日本語,韓国語
2008年に入所し、画像処理、自動制御、通信、半導体、コンピュータなど、幅広い分野で活躍している。
2010年に弁理士資格を獲得し、特許出願書類の作成、出願手続き、審査意見の対などを担当し、拒絶査定不服審判の経験も豊富である。
学士 2005年7月 北京科技大学の応用物理学部
修士 2008年1月 北京科技大学のシステム工程学部
