Greater China Region
Practice Areas
Patent:
Enforcement: civil infringement litigation and invalidation; administrative procedure litigation; administration raid
Patent prosecution
Patent licensing and technology exportation & importation
FTO and prior art search
Trade Secrets:
Enforcement: Civil and criminal litigation & administration raid regarding trade secret infringement
Compliance: Trade secret protection strategy consulting and compliance
Unfair Competition:
Enforcement: Civil litigation and administrative raid regarding trade dress infringement; acts of confusion (such as using the company name, domain name, website name, website page, etc.); business defamation and false advertising; unfair competition practices on the Internet; Investigation and anti-counterfeiting regarding unfair competition practices
Trademark:
Civil & criminal litigation infringement and administrative raid regarding trademark infringement
Trademark prosecution and related administrative litigation
Trademark transferring and licensing
Copyright:
Litigation: civil and criminal infringement litigation, especially in the area of computer software and music
Prosecution: copyright registration, copyright licensing and transfer, etc.
Long-term Legal Counsel:
Intellectual property system construction; intellectual property training; contract drafting and review; legal letter sending; legal risk management; intellectual property policy consulting, etc.
Career
Associate, Shanghai Zhengyi Huaxia Law Firm, 2002 to 2004
Associate, Guangdong Xinda Law Firm (Shanghai), 2004 to 2008
Partner, Tuo Ying Law Offices (Shanghai), 2008 to 2012
Partner, Beijing Dacheng Law Offices, LLP (Shanghai), 2012 to present
Professional Memberships
P. R. China Attorney-at-law
P. R. China Patent Agent
Publications
Restatement of People’s Justice Cases, Intellectual Property Volume (2011-2015) (Co-author)
Discussion on the determination standard and protection scope of functional features in China - Top Ten Intellectual Property Papers by All China Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Committee (2017)
Two-step defense of conflicting application - Top Ten Intellectual Property Papers by All China Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Committee (2016)
Personal
Chair of Dacheng Intellectual Property and Technical Innovation Group of Dacheng China
Director of the Intellectual Property Department of Dacheng Shanghai Office
Part-Time Professor at the School of Law, East China University of Science and Technology;
Distinguished Researcher at the Intellectual Property Research Center of Fudan University
Member of the Intellectual Property Business Research Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association
Member of the Expert Panel for Evaluating Pilot Demonstration Units of Patent Work in Shanghai; Member of the Lawyer Expert Pool for Legislative Work at the Pudong New Area Justice Bureau in Shanghai
Acceptance Expert for Commercial Secret Demonstration Sites at the Market Supervision Administration of Pudong New Area, Shanghai
Director at the Intellectual Property Association of Pudong New Area, Shanghai
Vice-Chair of the Public Welfare and Social Responsibility Committee of the Shanghai Internet Industry Federation
Member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)