With over 200 dedicated professionals, Beijing East IP has helped a full spectrum of clients – from startups to Fortune 500 corporations to domestic multinational companies – on their intellectual property issues in China.
Dr. Gao is the founder of Beijing East IP Ltd., and one of the founders of the modern China intellectual property legal system. He earned his Ph.D. from the Institute of Geological Prospecting in Moscow. He worked the State Planning Commission for years. From 1987 to 1998, Dr. Gao worked as Commissioner of the Chinese Patent Office. In 1998, he was responsible for the establishment of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) and served as its first commissioner. From 1998 to 2000, he was appointed a senior advisor to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva. He currently serves as the Honorary President of the All-China Patent Agents Association, the Advisor of the International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI), the Vice Chairman of the China Internet Society, the Senior Counsel of the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), an arbitrator with the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center (CIETAC) and the Domain Name Dispute of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (ADNDRC).
Patent
Trademark
Domain Name
Intellectual Property Consultation
Patent
Pfizer Viagra Administrative Litigation Case
Trademark
Duck King Trademark Infringement Case
Copyright
Shenda Interactive Entertainment "Legend" Game Infringement Case
Senior Advisor of the International Intellectual Property Institute
Senior Counsel of the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC)
Panelist at the Asian Domain name Dispute Resolution Center (ADNDRC) and the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC)
Adjunct Professor at the Tsinghua University School of Law
Adjunct Professor at the John Marshall Law School (2007 – present)
National Congressman: Amended Chinese IP Laws for China’s WTO Accession (1998-2002)
Senior Advisor at WIPO (1998 – 2000)
Founding Commissioner of the State Intellectual Property Office (1997 - 1998)
Chairman of WIPO Conference (1993, 1995)
Vice-President of the Diplomatic Conference of the Conclusion of a Treaty Supplementing the Paris Convention as far as Patents are Concerned (the Hague, 1991)
Chairman of Paris Union Assembly (1991, 1993, 1995)
Vice-Chairman of Diplomatic Conference for the Conclusion of a Treaty on the Protection of Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits (Washington D.C., 1989)
Chairman of WIPO Coordination Committee (1988)
Former Commissioner of China Patent Office (1987 - 1997)
Honorary J.D. of the John Marshall Law School
Honorary J.D. of the Tsinghua University School of Law
Patent Attorney
PRC Attorney At Law
China Supreme Court Appointed Attorney for Patent Litigation
Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute, B.S., Ph.D.
(2009) Win-Win Situation is the Direction of Copyright Law in the Information Age
(2007) Creating an Information Society that Benefits Everyone
(2006) Can Your Company Enforce Its Intellectual Property Rights in China?
(2003) China's Accession to WTO and the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Law
(2002) China's Trademark System and Amendments of the Chinese Trademark Law
(2001) Discussion on China's Accession to WTO and Intellectual Property Protection
(1998) China's Intellectual Property Protection System in Progress
(1994) Current Status of Intellectual Property Protection in China
(1991) China's Intellectual Property Legislation and Protection
Internet Intellectual Property Innovation and Protection Summit
U.S. and China IP Dialogue – Latest Developments of U.S. and China IP Law and Enforcement
Institute of Intellectual Property& Beijing EAST IP International Seminar
Second China Internet Innovation and Intellectual Property Protection Summit