Haining Song

IP litigation, trade secret litigation

Haining specializes in IP litigation, covering disputes in relation to patents, trade secret, trademark, copyright and unfair competition. Haining has litigated on behalf of renowned multinational clients in various industry sectors, including semiconductor, computer engineering, telecommunication, life sciences, sports and entertainment. Haining recently also represented his clients in multiple Standard Essential Patent (SEP) related disputes in Cellular, Wi-Fi and HEVC technical fields. Before joining Han Kun, Haining was partner at Jun He LLP for 2 years and Fang Da Partners for 5 years.

Member of the PRC Bar, Member of the PRC Patent Bar

• The Legal Nature and Remedies of Open Source License, 2018 Ph.D. thesis of Peking Law School

• Co-translator and co-editor, “Selected Chinese Patent Cases,” authored by Judge Luo Dongchuan, (previously Vice President of Chinese Supreme Court and Head of IP tribunal of Supreme Court), and Judges from other Chinese courts, published by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business in 2014

• “Legal Concept, Scope and Application of Common Art,” Vol.18, Dec, 2015, Internet Law Review

• “Trends and Analysis on Global Patent Transactions,” Vol.4, 2015, Science-Technology and Law

• “Comments on Copyrightability of TV Format,” JunHe Research Report, 2015.9.8

• “Injunction and 5 Million Damages against Yu Zheng's TV Drama,” JunHe Law Review, 2015.6.10

• “Chinese Supreme Court’s Trilogy on Article 33 of the Patent Law,” JunHe Research Report, 2015.3.23

• “IP Enforcement Strategies in Chinese Game Industry,” Zhi Chan Li, 2015.3

• “Patent Dispute involving the 8 M USD daily revenue Pharmaceutical ‘Copaxone’”, Zhi Chan Li, 2015.2

• “Patent Troll in United States – Reflections on TPK v. Newegg,” Vol. 87, 2014, China Intellectual Property

• Representing Skyworks Inc. to defend patent infringement lawsuit against a Chinese competitor before Shenzhen Intermediate Court

• Representing NBA to enforce copyright against unlicensed streaming platforms and individuals, and successfully obtained a preliminary injunction

• Representing Jade Bird Display in a trade secret action against an ex-employee before Shanghai Intellectual Property Court, and successfully obtained a preliminary injunction

• Representing Texas Instruments to enforce IP rights against ex-employees and copycat start-ups

• Representing Biocyte to enforce IP rights against Chinese counterfeit makers and sellers by criminal, administrative and/or civil actions.

• Advised BYD in multiple cross jurisdictional SEP lawsuits and negotiation with SEP holders.

• Advised Aptos in Chinese legal matters against trademark squatter.

• Represented A. O. Smith in trade secret and patent ownership disputes competition litigation against ex-employees before Nanjing Intermediate Court, successfully obtained punitive damages and injunction

• Represented Amazon in multiple SEP patent invalidation and patent infringement against Huawei before Suzhou Intermediate IP Ct.

• Represented Intel to successfully defend the patent infringement lawsuit filed by VLSI before Shenzhen Intermediate Ct.

• Represented HPE to successfully defend the patent infringement lawsuits filed by IPFinding before Beijing Intellectual Property Ct.

• Represented Textron and its CN affiliates to defend against multiple patent infringement lawsuits filed by a Chinese competitor before Nanjing, Jiangsu, Chongqing Ct

• Represented Samsung to defend SEP patent infringement lawsuits filed by a Chinese SEP holder before Fuzhou Intermediate Ct

• Represented U.S. company Pacific Biosciences in patent infringement litigation and patent invalidation action against PGTI before Wuhan Intermediate Court and Chinese Patent Office

PEKING UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF LAW, Beijing, China

Ph.D.

2014 - 2018

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, New York, NY

LL.M.

2011 - 2012

TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, Beijing, China

B.A. in Electrical Engineering

1998 - 2002

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