Practices / Patent

Prosecution

Beijing East IP’s depth and breadth of legal experience, technical backgrounds, market understanding, and strong ties with SIPO and the People’s Courts draws domestic and international corporations who value their intellectual property assets at the forefront.

Our patent prosecution group includes experienced professionals and knowledgeable junior members. They have science and/or engineering backgrounds, and most of them hold advanced degrees in their technical fields. This combination allowed us to provide significant and enforceable patents in a wide variety of complex technologies, including business methods, software, computer systems, consumer products, electronic instruments, telecommunication equipment, semiconductor devices, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology processes, and many more.

Our attorneys and agents work closely with our clients to provide strategic counseling that lead to value-maximized patent applications. They strive to add more value to the patent application through collaboration with the inventor to identify the strength and weakness of the technology, and ready the patent application for potential licensing opportunities and litigation.

We provide the following patent prosecution services to our clients:

  • Drafting, translating, and filing patent applications and PCT applications in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and other countries and regions.
  • Analyze and Respond to Office Actions
  • Deadline, Documents, and Annuity Management
  • Patent Reexamination and Invalidation before the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) and the Patent Reexamination Board (PRB)

Enforcement & Litigation

Beijing East IP litigators have handled multiple landmark patent litigation in China in the field of pharmaceuticals, chemical, semiconductor manufacturing, electronic devices, mechanical devices, and telecommunication. Our attorneys and Supreme People’s Court appointed patent attorneys are adept at trial advocacy, and conversant with the technologies within their technical backgrounds. We represented our clients asserting patents rights against infringers, defending against claims of patent infringement and patent ownership disputes in both administrative and judicial proceedings before the Patent Reexamination Board (PRB), and the People’s Courts.

Our trial experiences reflect how we seize advantages in every phase of a patent litigation process from evidence collection, preliminary hearings to presenting arguments before the collegial panels or the judges. Not only does our attorneys have strong technical background, but they are also skilled at drafting, preparing, and presenting arguments and evidence in persuading judges to rule in favor of our clients.

Beijing East IP’s litigators know that patent litigation is more than just winning the case, it is also about winning the business. To assist our clients on both the legal and business front, we work closely with our clients to understand their business priorities and provide customized litigation strategies that allow our clients to come out on top of both the legal and business world.