Jerry Xia

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property

Technology Transactions

Dispute Resolution

Merger & Acquisition

Regulatory Compliance

Policy Advocacy

Career

· Partner, AnJie Broad Law Firm

· Deputy General Counsel & Chief IP Counsel, APAC, Honeywell

· Associate, Baker & McKenzie

· Legal Manager, Datang Mobile

· Legal Consultant, Sino-EU Technology Transfer Center

Publications

• Get The Deal Through (GTDT) - China and Global Trade Secret Guide, 2020-2023 published by Lexology

• CHINA: Heavier Penalties for IP Crimes, published by INTA Bulletin on March 3, 2021

• Trademark litigation forum shopping in China: what data tells us? Published by the World Trademark Review in July 2020

• China Patent: Assessing the Implications of US China Phase One Trade Deal，by Managing IP, 2020.3

• Companies should attach importance to IP compliance，publish by China Business Law Journal, 2019.2.22

• China Amends Technology Transfer Regulations Amidst Trade Disputes, by Managing IP, 2019.5.23

Personal

Mr. Jerry Xia is the managing partner of GEN Law’s Shanghai Office and splits time between China and the US. With more than 20 years of legal experience (both private and in-house), his practice focuses on providing strategic advices to international and domestic clients on a broad range of legal issues relating to intellectual property protection (both contentious and non-contentious), brand licensing & technology transactions, commercial dispute resolution, regulatory compliance, government affairs, etc. Before returning to private practice, Mr. Xia served as Honeywell’s Deputy General Counsel and Chief IP Counsel in Asia Pacific for almost a decade.

Among others, Mr. Xia is particularly known for his expertise and achievement in IP enforcement and litigation. He has handled numerous award-winning IP lawsuits in China, including e.g. history-making preliminary injunctions in patent infringement litigation, a landmark trademark retrial win before the Chinese Supreme Court, a unique design of an industrial product obtaining trade dress protection under unfair competition law, and a pioneering criminal conviction of a trade secret stealer based on the remedial cost incurred by the owner.

Mr. Xia frequently speaks at international conferences organized by the World IP Organization (WIPO), the China National IP Administration (CNIPA) & local IP offices, the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) as well as world leading universities and research institutes and publish professional articles.

Mr. Xia is widely recognized in the industry. As one of the IP experts in the industrial and information technology field selected by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), he has received numerous awards, including “Global In-house Counsel of the Year” and the “Asia Pacific IP Individual of the Year”. He is also listed on “China Client Choice” by Asian Legal Business (ALB), “A-List: Top 100 Legal Elites in China” by the China Business Law Journal (CBLJ) and the “World’s Top 300 IP Strategists” by the Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine.