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.
SIPO has recently announced the officially approved Administrative Measures for Prioritized Patent Examination 2017 (hereinafter refers to the “Measures 2017”), which comes into force from August 1st, 2017.
In June 2017, Dr. Lulin GAO, Chairman of Beijing East IP and founding Commissioner of the SIPO, was invited to speak on the “Managing the China Challenge” panel at the IPBC Global 2017 in Ottawa, Canada.
According to the judgment, Sony was ordered to (1) immediately cease infringement of IWNCOMM’s SEP found in 35 of Sony’s mobile handsets, (2) pay damages of RMB8.62 million (approximately USD1.25 million), and (3) pay reasonable litigation costs of RMB474,194 (around USD69,000).
Erick Robinson, an experienced U.S. patent attorney and trial lawyer with a technical background in computer science and physics, as well as biotechnology joined Beijing East IP as Director of Patent Litigation.
Following 2016 when Beijing East IP participated in the IP Star Survey for the very first time, once again Beijing East IP was ranked as 2017 Tier 2 Firm by MIP.
In October 2016, BEIP’s senior patent attorney and the manager of the Biology and Chemistry division Shanqiang Xiao was invited to present at the APILA’s 2016 Annual Meeting.
On 6th of January 2017, the China Intellectual Property News released the 2016 star-rating lists of patent agencies and attorneys in China.
The IPBC Asia 2016 and the World Trademark Review’s (WTR) Brand Protection Greater China Summit were held in Shanghai, China from December 4 to 7, 2016.
The Supreme People’s Court took these cases and held a public hearing in April this year, and this morning (December 8th), the SPC publicly announced its decisions, which reversed in part and affirmed in part. Beijing East IP took a close look at the decisions and summarized the revered decisions.
On December 2nd, Zhongguancun Blockchain Industry Alliance held the third session of the committee of the Innovation and Application Competition of China Blockchain Industry in Tsinghua University in preparation of the First Innovation and Application Competition of China Blockchain Industry.