Christopher Shaowei

Practice Areas

Christopher has been with NTD Intellectual Property Attorneys for more than 34 years since 1990 and has litigated many complex intellectual property cases and frequently represented his clients before courts and administrative agencies in China. He also counsels clients and provides legal services in all areas of intellectual property (“IP”) including enforcement strategies, licensing, dispute resolutions before administrative and judicial authorities, patent law, design law, trademark law, copyright law, trade secrets, unfair competition, domain name disputes, and patent prosecution.

Career

He was an Computer

Professional Memberships

 Vice President of Licensing Executive Society International (LESI 2018-2021)

 Vice President of LES China (2005-until now)

 Senior Counsel, Legal Counsels Committee on Economic and Trade Frictions of CCPIT

 Member of Intellectual Property Committee of ACLA

 Member of American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

 Member of International Trademark Association (INTA)

 Member of Associate Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete Intellectuelle (AIPPI)

 Member of All China Lawyer Association

 Member of Federation Internationale des Conseils en Propriete Intellectuelle (FICIP)

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Beijing IP

Languages Spoken

English and Chinese

Work Highlights

Christopher has been honored for consecutive years as the leading practitioner in IP litigation area in China. During his recent nomination, he has received the following comments from one of his clients, a fortune 500 company :

“Christopher Shaowei from NTD is a well-respected patent litigator. Clients like his execution, pro-activeness and creativity. He consistently brings new and creative approaches to resolving our issues. These kinds of skills and acumen are so lacking and rare in typical China law firms.”

Awards

Education