Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Material Science

Chinese,English

Ms. Hao joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2008 as a registered patent agent and an attorney at law. Her practice involves patent prosecution in a variety of fields with a focus on mechanical technologies. She is also involved in patent invalidation and IP litigation, and regularly advises clients ranging from individual inventors to large, established corporations on matters relating to patent prosecution, patent validity, infringement and enforcement.

Before joining the firm, Ms. Hao gained extensive experience in mechanical design and material processing while working as a graduate research assistant in Tsinghua University collaborating with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan. Ms. Hao also has an LL.M degree from York University in International Business Law.

International Business Law, York University                                                      Master of Laws (LL.M)
Material Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University                                                 Master Degree
Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Tsinghua University                                    Bachelor Degree

Main clients Ms. Hao works with include: Dyson, Schneider, Valeo, P&G, GE and Yamaha.

Representative cases that Ms. Hao has led or participated include

1.   Albert A. Werth v. Shenzhen Champion Industry Co., Ltd, in which Ms. Hao represented Mr. Werth, and successfully won the case and helped the client claim the damages

2.   Dandan Wang v. Shixing Ruan, in which Ms. Hao represented the invalidation petitioner Ms. Wang (as a straw man, the real petitioner is one of the leading companies in the related field) before the Patent Reexamination Board and successfully invalidated the patent

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

Beijing

Trademark

Chinese,English

Ms. Changhong HE joined Liu, Shen & Associates since 2008. Practice area: prosecution and enforcement of trademark rights, including new application, review, opposition, invalidation and litigation regarding trademarks, consultation regarding copyright, Customs protection of IP rights and domain name. 

University of International Business and Economics (2006, LL.M.)

Lanzhou University (1998, B.A.) 

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

International Trademark Association (INTA) 

Beijing

Patent

Bio & Pharmaceutical,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Ms. Wei He joined Liu, Shen & Associates in August 2008, and now she works in the Chemistry Department of the firm. Ms. He's work includes providing comments on how to respond to Office Action, Final Rejection, Notification of Reexamination and Decision of Reexamination, drafting new applications, as well as providing a third-party opinions. She is also good at the practice of new application outside China, such as in US and EP etc. Besides, she has also participated in the analysis of several invalidation trials. Ms. He's practice areas involve small molecule pharmacy, formulations, medical devices, hygienical articles, argrochemistry, biopharmacy, cosmetology product, food, health care products, high molecule chemistry, and, oil industry.

Ms. He got her Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Engineering from Shenyang Phamaceutical University in 2002, and her Master's degree in Phamacochemistry from Peking Union Medical College in 2005. Before entering Liu Shen, she worked in Jeekai Parters.

Ms. He is very serious about work, and is hard-working. She is service-minded and has intuition of patent.

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Material Science

Chinese,English

Mr. He joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2006. He specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation with a focus on metal material engineering, mechanical engineering, welding techniques and apparatus.

Mr. He got his qualification as an attorney in 2010. He has participated in patent drafting, prosecution, patent invalidation and pre-litigation analysis, and client counseling in the firm.

Mr. He had a bachelor degree majoring in metal material engineering from Tianjin University in 2003, and a master degree majoring in metal material engineering from Haerbin Institution of Technology in 2005. 

Mr. He is experienced in patent drafting, prosecution, patent invalidation and pre-litigation analysis etc, and used to deal with a plenty of Chinese patent applications of YAMAHA and GM. He had received many training programs organized by the All-China Patent Agents Association，and attended a Summer School on Intellectual Property in Europe organized by CEIPI in July, 2015.

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing

Chinese,English

Mr. Hou joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2006 and was qualified as patent attorney in 2007 and attorney at law in 2009, and now has many years’ experience in the field of IP law inChina. He specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, IP litigation, and client counseling with a focus on communication, computer networks, multimedia, electronics, and physics.

Mr. Hou has been providing legal opinions in litigation and consultation cases since 2011. In particular, he has worked independently in the fields of standard research, prior art searching, infringement analysis, and invalidation analysis in many cases. He is seasoned in FRAND licensing/infringement litigation and invalidation proceedings of standard-related patents, and quickly adapts to new areas and difficult issues.

Mr. Hou has extensive experience in patent infringement analysis, including evaluation of relevance of commercial patents with respect to target products, essentiality of communication standard essential patents to standards and specifications, and also validity of patents against prior art references by searching.

Mr. Hou received a PhD degree from theUniversityofScienceand Technology of China (USTC) in 2003. Before joining this firm, he had worked as a postdoctoral fellow at USTC for three years. He has had an internship at D Young & Co LLP,UKfrom February to May in 2013.

Representative litigation cases that Mr Hou has participated include:

-   Wang Jianbo v. Microsoft, patent infringement and patent invalidation, 2008.

-   Shanghai Ke Dou v. Samsung, patent infringement and patent invalidation, 2015.

-   Shenzhen, Huawei v. Samsung, patent infringement and patent invalidation, 2016-2018.

-   Shenzhen, Samsung v. Huawei, patent infringement and patent invalidation, 2016-2018.

-   Beijing, Samsung v. Huawei, patent infringement and patent invalidation, 2016-2018.

-   Canton, Samsung v. Huawei, patent infringement and patent invalidation, 2016-2018.

-   Quanzhou, Samsung v. Huawei, patent infringement and patent invalidation, 2017-2018.

-   Beijing, Samsung v. Shenzhen Netac, patent invalidation, 2018.

-   Beijing, Samsung v. Immersion, patent invalidation, 2018.

-   Shanghai, CCDL v. Wanda Media, patent infringement and patent invalidation, 2018.

Professional Presentations given by Mr Hou include:

-   “Inventiveness of Invention in Chemical and Bio Technology Fields”, 2014.

-   “On Swiss‐type Claims”, 2015.

-   “Standard Essential Patent and FRAND Principle”, 2016

-   “On FRAND-Encumbered Patent Licensing Disputes in ICT Sector”, 2018

Publications that Mr Hou has authored include:

-   “The contentious monopoly”, Managing Intellectual Property, 2016.

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Medical Devices

Chinese,English,German

Mr. Hou started his IP career in China in 1995 and became a qualified patent attorney in 1996 and got his qualification as an attorney at law in 2000. He is active in areas of technical protective rights, in particular patents and utility models, and has extensive experience in prosecuting patent applications and in enforcing protective rights in invalidation and litigation cases. His special technical interests are, among others, mechanical-electrical engineering, automobile engineering, medical devices, thermal energy technology.

Mr. Hou obtained his bachelor degree in Thermal Energy Dynamics & Devices from Faculty of Automotive Engineering of TongJi University and his master’s degree from China University of Political Science and Law majoring in Civil and Commercial Law.

Before joining this firm, Mr. Hou worked firstly as a research personnel in R&D center of Beijing ICE(internal combustion engine) company for two years. He received training from Boehmert & Boehmert Lawfirm in Germany and in IP Department of Siemens in Munich. 

Recent representative cases that Mr. Hou has won include

-     Siemens Industry, v. Danieli & Co. -invalidation case(2013);

-     Siemens AG v. Patent reexamination Board-administrative action case(2010);

-     New Leader Battery Co. v. Songbo Battery Industry Co. -invalidation case(2008);  

-     Pierburg GmbH v. China Automotive Research Institute -invalidation case(2013);

-     BAMED AG v. Taizhou Keaide Children Wear Co., Ltd.-infringement case(2014);

-     Voith Paper v. Andritz Paper-invalidation case as well as infringement case(2015).

Publications that Mr. Hou has authored include

-     “Equitable restriction on the application of doctrine of equivalence”, Academic Annual 《Patent Law Study 2006》edited by SIPO,2006;

-     Article “Status quo and problems analysis regarding IP protection disputes of Chinese enterprises in overseas trade shows” for the Project “IP-Advocacy Center for overseas trade shows” established and run by All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA), 2015(see the Project’s working plan, appendix B).

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)

Beijing

Patent

Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering,Image Processing

Chinese,English

Mr. Hou joined Liu, Shen & Associates in July 2016. Mr. Hou specializes in patent drafting, patent prosecution and re-examination, focusing on Telecommunication, Computer Science, Internet Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Processing, Electronics Engineering, Image Processing.

Mr. Hou got his qualification as an attorney at law in December 2017.

Mr. Hou received his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and Automation in 2012 from Beijing Jiaotong University and his Master of Electronic and Electrical Engineering in 2014 from University of Sheffield.

Mr. Hou handled a large amount of patent works since he joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2016, including patent drafting, patent applications, responding office actions for applications in China and PCT applications entering China. Mr. Hou has also handled many other kinds of patent matters, including patent validity analysis, patent Invalidation, pre-litigation analysis, patent mining, and patent counseling for domestic and international companies.

-   Providing Qualcomm with services including patent infringement analysis and validity evaluation;

-   Providing Samsung with services including pre-litigation analysis;

-   Providing Lenovo with services including patent infringement analysis.

Beijing

Patent

Material Science,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Mr. HU joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2013 and got his qualification as a patent attorney in 2011. He specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation, IP litigation, and client counseling with a focus on material science, applied chemistry, metal material, polymer chemistry, as well as chemical engineering.

Mr. HU got his qualification as an attorney at law in 2010. She has participated in several patent lawsuits including patent infringement and patent invalidation.

Mr. HU had a master's degree from Beihang University in 2008.

Before joining this firm, Mr. HU worked as a patent examiner of SIPO from 2008 to 2013. He examined nearly 500 patent applications, and finished more than 10 search reports of PCT applications and utility models. He was elected as a supervisor of new patent examiners in 2011. He involved in patent reexamination, quality control and research, and he was in charge of a research task of patent analysis of piezoelectric ceramics. 

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Image Processing

Chinese,English

Ms. Hu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2003 and now has more than ten years’ experience in the practice of IP law in China.

Ms. Hu obtained the qualification as an attorney at law in 2009 and obtained the qualification as a patent attorney in 2004. Ms. Hu’s current practice mainly focuses on patent prosecution and invalidation in the technical fields of computer technology, telecommunication & Internet, electrical & electronics, semiconductor device, and so on. Ms. Hu also does significant work in counseling clients in various matters relating to intellectual property. Also, Ms. Hu has assisted Chinese applicants in patent application filing and prosecution with foreign patent offices, such as USPTO.

Ms. Hu received her Bachelor of Computer technology and application in 2000 and her Master of Computer technology in 2003 from Beijing University of Technology inChina. She received training in US patent prosecution from Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser PC, New York, in 2007. 

Representative cases that Ms. Hu has led or participated recently include

1.   An international telecommunication company v. a domestic telecommunication company, representing the international telecommunication company to attend SEP and non-SEP patent infringement group cases. The issues involved include correspondence of telecommunication standards and SEPs, and FRAND. These cases are pending. (2016-2018)

2.   An international telecommunication company v. a domestic telecommunication company, representing the international telecommunication company to attend SEP and non-SEP patent invalidation group cases (2016-2018)

3.   An international telecommunication company v. an international manufacturer of consumer electronics products, representing the international telecommunication company to attend patent invalidation and patent infringement group cases. These cases are pending (2018)

4.   RIZE Inc. of US v. an individual, representing the individual to invalid the patent of RIZE Inc. All the targeted claims have been invalidated (2018)

5.   Samsung China v. Benxing, representing Samsung China to invalid the patent of Kedou. The patent has been completely invalidated (2018)

6.   Samsung China v. Netac, representing Samsung China to invalid the patent of Netac. The patent has been completely invalidated (2017)

7.   Working for a world top 500 electronic enterprise, to conduct patent search, patent analysis in image processing field, make patent map, provide patent warning, and assist the enterprise to carry out patent strategy layout (2015)

8.   Working for NTT Docomo, to conduct patent search, patent analysis, provide multi-aspects analysis report, and assist the enterprise to determine patent research direction and make patent mining plan (2016)

Publication that Ms. Hu has authored include

-     “Breaking the damages dilemma in China patent litigation”, MIP 2017, December issue, 2017

-     “Analysis on the Eligibility of Textbooks as Common Knowledge Evidence”, Chine Intellectual Property News, October, 2018

All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering

Chinese,English,Japanese,German

Ms.Hu has changed her career direction to IP since 2014. She joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2017. Her career interests include Electronics, Computer Science, Software, Database, Embedded Systems, Internet Technology, and Security Systems.

Ms.Hu got her qualifications as a patent attorney and attorney at law in 2016.

Ms.Hu graduated with a B.E. degree from Wuhan University in 2003 and M.E. degree 3 years later from Peking University. She worked as a software engineer from 2006 to 2014 in Japan. She is familiar with top-down and agile software development. She mainly used C, C++, C#, Java, Python, jQuery, shell as programming languages. She is skilled in databases such as Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL and DB2. She gained certifications like Applied Information Technology Engineer, LPIC 1 (en, both in 2010), Oracle Master Bronze (2012) and OSS-DB Silver (2013).

Books translated includes

-   《Understanding Building Failures 3rd Edition》 Publishing House of Electronics Industry, 2013

-   《Photoshop & Illustrator名刺 & DMデザインマスターピース》 China Youth Press, 2006

Shanghai

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Medical Devices,Material Science,Semiconductor,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Mr. Hu joined Liu Shen & Associates in 2016.  Mr. Hu is qualified as a patent attorney in 2017.  Mr. Hu’s practice includes patent prosecution and IP consultation.  Mr. Hu is specialized in chemical engineering and material science, medical apparatus and instruments, mechanical engineering, and semiconductors, etc.

Mr. Hu also provided IP consultation including patent search for novelty assessment and invalidation, FTO infringement analysis and avoidance for several internationally or domestically well-known clients in technical fields of semiconductors, medical apparatus and instruments, chemical engineering and household appliances.

Mr. Hu graduated from Tsinghua University with a master’s and bachelor’s degrees majoring in Chemical Engineering and Industrial Bio-System.  Mr. Hu worked as an oil-field well completion engineer in Schlumberger before joining Liu Shen & Associates. 

All-China Patent Attorney Association (ACPAA)

Beijing

Patent

Medical Devices,Bio & Pharmaceutical

Chinese,English,French

Ms. HUA joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2016. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, and client counseling with a focus on chemical engineering, physical chemistry, biological chemistry, as well as materials.

Ms. HUA had a Doctor's degree from University Paris Sud, France in 2013, a Master’s degree from Ecole Centrale Paris, France in 2010. Before joining this firm, Ms HUA worked as Research Engineer in Brouard Consulting (France).