Qinghui Liu

Intellectual Property, Antitrust/Competition, Litigation and Arbitration, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Digital Economy

Dr. Liu is a highly experienced and respected lawyer with over 20 years’ legal experiences who concentrates his practice on the full spectrum of intellectual property, litigation and arbitration, antitrust and competition.

Prior to joining AnJie Broad Law Firm, Dr Liu served as a senior IP judge in the Beijing High People’s Court. He had tried more than 2,000 IP cases, including civil cases regarding patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets and unfair competition disputes, as well as administrative cases regarding patent re-examination, patent invalidation, trademark re-examination and trademark invalidation, many of which had a profound impact on the IP industry practice.

As a partner of AnJie Broad, Dr Liu has handled numerous high-profile cases, such as OPPO v. Sharp (a SEP case which was rated as one of the top 10 IP cases in Chinese courts in 2020), AstraZeneca v CNIPA (a milestone case for chemical compound-related inventions, which was rated as one of the 50 typical IP cases in Chinese courts in 2018) and Qualcomm v Apple, etc. Four of these cases were selected into the "100 Typical Cases on the Fifth Anniversary of the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People's Court" by the Court in Feb,2024.

Arbitrator, Beijing Arbitration Commission

Arbitrator, Wuhan Arbitration Commission

Mediator, Beijing Sunshine Intellectual Property Mediation Center

Deputy Director, the Intellectual Property Arbitration

Theoretical Research Committee of China Arbitration Law Research Association

Expert, the Expert Committee of Intellectual Property Protection Branch of China Software Industry Association

Expert, the expert database of Beijing Intellectual Property Protection Association

Detailed Explanation of Patent Litigation in China, Intellectual Property Publishing House, Beijing, 2024

Guideline for Patent Infringement Litigation in China, China Legal Publishing House, Beijing, 2019

Application of the Law on Invention/Utility Model

Administrative Lawsuits – Rules and Cases, Intellectual Property Publishing House, Beijing, 2017

Liability of Internet Service Providers on Indirect Intellectual Property Infringement (Intellectual Property Publishing House, Beijing, 2018

Determination of Similar Trademarks and Similar Goods: Standards, Problems and Solutions, Intellectual Property Journal, ISSUE 4 (2003), Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI)

Patent Claim Construction in Patent Appeal Proceedings, Intellectual Property Journal, ISSUE 6, (2017), CSSCI

Application of the Good Faith Principle in Trademark Appeal and Cancellation Proceedings, Social Sciences of Beijing, ISSUE 11 (2015), CSSCI

Review of Liabilities of Illegal Use of Patented Products, Yunnan Normal University Journal, ISSUE 6 (2015), CSSCI

The “Broadest Reasonable Interpretation” of Patent Claim: United States Experiences and Its Reference Significance, China Patents & Trademarks, ISSUE 1 (2017)

Application of Law on Inappropriate Trademark Application Behavior during Trademark Registration Process, The People’s Judicature, ISSUE 24 (2015)