Ms. Liu is the manager of the mechanical department.  After graduating from the George Washington University with a L.L.M degree in 2003, Ms. Liu joined Beijing East IP Ltd.’s mechanical department.  Ms. Liu works with a wide range of clients from around the world, including many Fortune 500 Japanese, American, and European corporations and so on.  She provides clients services in various stages of a patent life cycle, including drafting, prosecution, reexamination, invalidation and litigation.Prior to joining Beijing East IP, Ms. Liu worked 6 years as a patent agent in China Patent Agent(HK) Ltd.Being in the patent field for over 20 years, Ms. Liu has won various high-profile patent litigation suites including patent infringement cases and patent invalidation cases, and obtained the recognition of the clients.

Main working language: English, Chinese (native)

Mr. XIAO is a senior patent attorney and litigator in chemical field, who’s primary technical specialty covers polymer, pharmacy, life science, chemical engineering and chemistry. He is also one of the senior manager of the Biological & Chemical Patent Division.

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Mr. Liu is a senior manager of Beijing East IP’s Japanese and Korean Division, primarily responsible for the firm’s patent matters related to Japan. Mr. Liu is a senior patent attorney and a litigator who primarily focuses his practices in electrical related fields before the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), the Patent Reexamination Board (PRB) of SIPO, and the People’s Courts for patent prosecution, invalidation, reexamination, appeal, and litigations matters. (more…)

Dr. Li is the Vice President of the firm responsible for patent administration and docketing. Dr. Li is a senior patent attorney and litigator focuses on chemical field related matters including prosecution, invalidation, reexamination, appeal, and litigation before the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), Patent Re-Examination Board (PRB), and the People’s Courts. Dr. Li also advises on corporate IP portfolio management. (more…)

Dr. ZONG focuses his research in the field of laser and optics, especially in metrology. With more than 10 years of experiences, Dr. ZONG represented many renowned Fortune 500 U.S., European, and Japanese corporations in over 1,000 patent applications. Started in 2012, Dr. ZONG also actively assists our Chinese clients in filings outside of China. In addition to patent application, Dr. ZONG also represented his clients in patent invalidation, reexamination, and other prosecution matters.

On top of his vast experiences in prosecution matters, Dr. ZONG also represented many of our clients in asserting claims against Chinese and foreign infringers, as well as defending infringement claims asserted by adverse parties. For example, one of the Dr. ZONG’s case involved two foreign entities fighting over patent infringement where the plaintiff requested over 100 million yuan in compensation.

Dr. Zong graduated from Tsinghua University, where he obtained his Ph.D. in Optical Engineering from the State Key Laboratory of Precision Measuring Technology and Instruments, and his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the department of Precision Instruments and Mechanics.

Dr. Zong speaks Chinese and English.

Mr. Wang obtained his Juris Master degree from Capital University of Economics and Business and Bachelor degree from Beijing International Studies University. Mr. Wang worked three years in other companies / firms before joining Beijing East IP Ltd. / Beijing East IP Law Firm in 2004. Mr. Wang co-leads the trademark team. Mr. Wang speaks Chinese (native) and English.

In the past decade, Mr. Wang has successfully obtained well-known mark recognitions before the Chinese Trademark Office (CTMO), the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) and Chinese courts for various worldwide famous brands in the field of Internet, motorcycle, musical instrument and hotel, which is rare and difficult for foreign trademark registrants.

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Ms. Zhang obtained her Juris Master degree from China University of Political Science and Law, and joined the firm in 2006. Ms. Zhang co-leads the trademark team.

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