Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Precision Instruments

Chinese,English

As one of the first group patent attorneys qualified inChina, Ms. Ma started her professional career with the Patent and Trademark Agency of CCPIT in 1983, and participated various preparation works with respect of patent agency operation inChinabefore the promulgation of the first Patent Law of China which was entered into force on April 1, 1985. Ms. Ma worked in mechanical patent division and patent administration division respectively in Patent and Trademark Agency of CCPIT and accumulated rich experiences in handling patent application related matters.

In 1993, Ms. Ma joined Liu, Shen & Associates and became a partner in 1995. As an attorney, Ms. Ma’s expertise and experiences are patent filing, prosecution and invalidation proceedings in the field of mechanical engineering and design patents, as well as providing legal opinions on patent operation related matters. Ms. Ma was invited to join the research project “Third Amendment of the Patent Law” with respect of design patent. As one of the managing partners, Ms. Ma heads the firm’s Patent Docketing Department, and is responsible for coordinating the firm’s patent operations and clients relations.

In 2011, Ms. Ma received “Asia Women in Business Law Awards” and is the only recipient of “Best in Patent and Trademark Prosecution” for her achievements in patent and trademark practice as well as her role in shaping Liu, Shen & Associates into one of theAsia’s leading IP firms.

Ms. Ma graduated from the Beijing University of Science and Technology (B.S. 1983), majoring in mechanical engineering. She received professional training at an intellectual property law firm inGermanyfrom 1986 to 1987. 

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All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)

All-China Patent Attorneys Association (ACPAA)

Association Internationale pourla Protectiondela Propriété Intellectuelle(AIPPI)

International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)

Licensing Executives Society (LES) 

Beijing

Patent

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

Chinese,English

Ms. Mao is a Patent Attorney with Liu, Shen & Associates. She qualified as a patent attorney in 2017. Ms. Mao joined Liu, Shen & Associates in early 2017, before which she was working in SHUSAKU YAMAMOTO in Osaka as patent analyst with JPO practice. She particularly specializes in patent prosecution with SIPO in the fields of computer programming algorithms, machine learning, big data, telecommunication, analog circuits and semiconductor technology among others.

Ms. Mao achieved her bachelor degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Iowa State University in 2012;

Ms. Mao achieved her master degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2014.

Law related work participated including:

1. Samsung v. Huawei serial infringement case in China, participating analysis of validity and relevance.

2. Pre-litigation/licensing SEP analysis, including reviewing claims charts of U.S. family patents, drafting claim charts of CN patents, 3GPP standard search and claim construction.

3. Smart home patent portfolio analysis, including developing patent/application search strategy, technology labeling, market analysis and core patents analysis of major player.

4. GPNE v. Apple serial infringement cases in Japan, representing GPNE, including SEP claim chart drafting and reviewing.

5. SEP analysis and technical negotiation with Ericsson representing LeEco for patent licensing and transaction; intellectual property assets evaluation for merger and acquisition; patent infringement search, FTO due diligence prior to entering the U.S. market.

6. Drafted Google Project Ara and other Modular Phone Analysis, Avoiding Willful infringement in US, and Design patent infringement in China and US.

Beijing

Patent

Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Medical Devices

Chinese,English,German

Ms. Meng joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2010, became a qualified patent attorney in 2011 and got her qualification as an attorney at law in 2015. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination and patent invalidation with a focus on Mechanical and Electro-mechanical devices, Automobiles, Medical devices, Paper Machinery as well as Energy & Power Engineering etc. 
 
Ms. Meng obtained a master's degree from Technical University of Munich in Germany in 2009. 

Ms. Meng participated in the patent invalidation case about “Calendaring roll for paper-making calendaring machine”. Ms. Meng and her colleague represented a german client and successfully invalidated the patent. 

Ms. Meng made a speech with the theme “Thinking about the technical problem to be solved practically” in Liu, Shen & Associates.

All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA) 

Beijing

Patent

Electrooptical Technology,Mechanical Engineering,Semiconductor

Chinese,English

Ms. Meng joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2014. She specializes in patent drafting and response to office action with a focus on mechanical engineering, material science, semiconductor, display devices as well as photoelectricity.

Ms. Meng got her qualification as an attorney at law in 2013.

Ms. Meng received a bachelor's degree in Material Science & Engineering from Tianjin University in 2010. 

Ms. Meng won praise from clients and was elected as “Excellent Patent Attorney” by Client BOE Co., Ltd.

Beijing

Patent

Material Science,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Chemical Engineering

Chinese,English

Dr. Mou joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2010. He specializes in patent drafting, prosecution, re-examination, invalidation, administrative litigation, legal opinion, client counseling and due diligence with a focus on the field of pharmaceutical science, crop science, chemistry, material, food, cosmetics, biology and so on.

Dr. Mou is qualified as a patent attorney in 2012, and qualified as an attorney at law in 2015. He has participated in several patent lawsuits including patent infringement and patent invalidation. He has also participated in patent stability analysis, FTO, patent searching and infringement analysis, as well as trade secret counseling in the firm.

Dr. Mou received his bachelor’s degree and doctorial degree in Medicinal Chemistry fromPekingUniversityin 2004 and 2010 respectively. Before joining this firm, Dr. Mou has completed a whole year internship at the HIV department of GSK in NC,USA. He also had a four months’ secondment at Bayer China Limited in 2015, to assist the IPR department with the IP affairs.

Dr. Mou joined a course at China University of Political science and Law for master’s degree in civil and commercial law and intellectual property law in 2016-2017, and received his Master of Laws (LLM) degree from The John Marshall Law School (JMLS) in Chicago, IL, USA, with a major on Intellectual Property Law, in 2017, with Honors.

Dr. Mou has a good scientific background in the pharmaceutical industry, and has a good understanding of the Patent Portfolio of the pharmaceutical companies including R&D, patent application and patent enforcement.

Presentations given by Dr. Mou include:

-   Legal concept and its purposeful explanation

-   Amendments to claims in an invalidation procedure

-   Strategy of establishing the inventiveness for inhibitors with a different target

-   Overview of trade secret

-   Trade secret -- cases from the Supreme Court

-   Practice and tips in pharmaceutical patent drafting

Paper published by Dr. Mou on the website of Liu & Shen includes:

-   Overview of trade secret

-   Amending a Markush claim in an invalidation procedure becomes more difficult