Ms. Li joined the firm after graduation from University of Bristol with a Juris Master degree in 2019, assisting in dealing with cases related to the clients from startups to multinational corporations in internet and technology areas.

Main working language: English, Chinese (native)

Ms. Gao joined the firm after graduation from Northeast Agricultural University with a Bachelor degree in 2014, assisting in dealing with cases related to the clients from startups to multinational corporations in internet and technology areas.

Main working language: English, Chinese (native)

Ms. Bu obtained her Master degree of Translation and Interpreting from Beijing Language and Culture University and joined the firm in 2018, representing clients from startups to multinational companies in automobile, technology, financial areas, etc. Ms. Bu has handled hundreds of trademark prosecution matters before the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA, formerly known as the CTMO and the TRAB), copyright and other IP related cases. Before joining the firm, Ms. Bu worked for two years at Chofn IP.

Main working language: English, Chinese (native)

M.S. in Electrical Engineering in Syracuse University, joined East IP in 2008, prepared PCT application documents in electronics field, translated and proofread patent documents

Main working language: English, Chinese (native)

Ms. Zhang obtained her Master degree from Chinese University of Hong Kong and joined the firm in 2019, representing clients from startups to multinational companies in the areas of finance, Internet and technology areas.

Main working language: English, Chinese (native)

Dr. Wang is the managing partner for the firm’s Silicon Valley Office.  He joined Beijing East IP in 2016 and is leading the firm’s U.S. operations.

Prior to joining the firm, Dr. Wang practiced law in Silicon Valley for ten years as an in-house general counsel at an Intel-backed software startup and a top global technology company (2010-2016), and as an associate attorney with WSGR and Dewey & LeBoeuf (2006-2010).  Before moving to Silicon Valley from Madison, Wisconsin, Dr. Wang interned for Judge Randall R. Rader at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. (2006), and gained patent prosecution experience in Minneapolis with Fish & Richardson (2005).

Before embarking on a career in law, Dr. Wang was an avid scientist conducting scientific research under the supervision of Dr. Judith Kimble (former President of the Genetics Society of America and Society for Developmental Biology) and Dr. Marvin Wickens (former President of the RNA Society) at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and published in the world-renowned journal Nature his serendipitous but important discovery of a family of enzymes essential for germline and embronic development, the function of brain, and the translational control of gene expression.  As an undergraduate researcher, Dr. Wang studied molecular enzymology under the guidance of Dr. Hai-Meng Zhou in Tsinghua University.

Dr. Wang lives in Palo Alto with his wife and children.  In his spare time, he enjoys jogging in the serene midtown neighborhood, hiking at the Stanford Dish, hanging out with friends, and sightseeing in the San Francisco Bay Area with his family.

Ms. Xing joined the firm after graduation from Sichuan International Studies University with a Bachelor degree in 2013, representing clients from Fortune 500 corporations, multinational companies to startups in technology, hotel and chemical areas.

Main working language: English, Chinese (native)