Shen Changyu, the Commissioner and Secretary of the Party Group of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), in charge of leading and hosting the general work of SIPO and the work related to the IP Power Construction, IP strategy, personnel affairs etc. At the same time, he also serves as the head of the Patent Office and the director of the Patent Reexamination Board. Holding so many posts, Shen Changyu pays great attention to the IP development of China, especially the patent work. On July 25, he conducted the field research of the Patent Business Housing Construction Project and held a symposium to listen to the advice and introduction from the participated units and make requests for the subsequent construction management and other works of the project. He stressed, that to build the Patent Housing Project into an elegant project, every participators should strengthen the quality management, hold the construction progress, control the budget, enforcing the incorrupt construction and value the construction security.

 

Li Mingde, researcher and the chief IP Law expert of Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the director of the IP Center of CASS, the executive vice president of China's Intellectual Property Law Association. Since obtaining the Doctor Degree of Law in Peking University in 1991, Li Mingde successively acted as a visiting scholar in the Law School of University of Washington, worked as a visiting researcher in Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Unfair Competition, and Copyright Law, and served as a distinguished researcher of the Institute of Intellectual Property in Japan. He participated the international conferences for many times held by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, European Commission, the US, the UK etc. And he also contributed to the amendment of the Patent Law, the Copyright Law and the Trademark Law of China, the establishment of national IP strategy and so on. Widely-known by the public, he has published 16 monographs and 19 essays in English.

 

Song Liuping has been working in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. since 1996, holding a post of vice president of R&D Departme.nt, director of the IP Department, senior vice president and the chief legal officer successively. He started to participate in the in-depth IP negotiation and cooperation in the mid-1990s and then take the main responsibility in selling Huawei Electrical (Avansys Power) to Emerson and the capital operation project including the joint venture of Huawei and 3COM etc. By the end of 2016, Huawei owned 55 thousand patents at home and abroad; license quantity of invention patent reached 2,690, with an increase of 11.5%; and Huawei had thousands of patents in the advanced 5G mobile communications technology field. It is the gradual accumulation of intellectual property that has helped Huawei achieve a great result in the communication industry. In 2016, Huawei saw a sales revenue of RMB 520 billion yuan, with an annual increase of 33%.

 

Beijing Sanyou Intellectual Property Agency Ltd. equipped with rich experience of IP operation and trademark operation plan has established 8 branches at home and abroad. They have provided agent service for 22597 cases, written 14 professional articles, completed 3 professional works and undertaken 28 major projects, with a winning rate (the Litigation Team) of 75%.

 

China Patent Agent (H.K.) Ltd. (CPA), incorporated in 1984, is one of the three pioneer Chinese IP agencies, with expertise in patent prosecution and litigation. The quality and quantity of its foreign-related invention patent prosecution take the lead in China, and it also enjoys a high winning rate in patent litigation, which has won trust and recognition from its clients.

 

Jiaquan IP Law is one of the earliest founded IP law firms in China. With over 30 years of professional experience, Jiaquan is able to provide full range of IP services including application, litigation and transaction. Currently the team has expanded to over 500 staff, including about 200 IP professionals covering all technical fields.

 

Kangxin IP Service Team consisting of 405 members was founded in 1994. It provides all round IP law services whose main operation fields include patent, trademark, consulting and copyright etc. They have provided agent service for 29341 patent cases, have written 70 professional articles and 5 professional works, have studied 3 major projects and have kept its winning rate (the Litigation Team) at more than 70%.

 

Lung Tin Intellectual Property Agent. Ltd. founded in 1994 in Hong Kong covers the main operation fields of IP consulting and IP litigation etc. They have provided agent services for about 29336 IP cases, written 35 professional articles, completed 7 professional works and undertaken 21 major projects, with a winning rate (the Litigation Team) of 71%.

 

PatSnap was founded in Singapore In 2007, of which the service team was composed of more than 600 members. PatSnap provides the tools to help business leaders, analysts, researchers, engineers and IP professionals to unlock this intelligence and to make business-focused decisions. More than 5,000 companies, government agencies and academic institutions in over 50 countries use PatSnap for invention intelligence.

 

Wanhuida Peksung is a leading Chinese IP service powerhouse formed by the merger of Wan Hui Da Law Firm & IP Agency and PEKSUNG IP Ltd in 2016. Combining the strength of both firms, Wanhuida Peksung offers a full range of IP services, from procuring all forms of IPRs to dispute resolution, protecting and defending client's interests and help advancing China's legal fronts.

 

Watson & Band has flourished into a full-service law firm with over 260 professionals around China since its founding in 1995. over 600 cases have been represented by them since 1999 and 4 cases have been included in the 2016 Annual Typical Cases by the courts in the provincial and the national level, with a nearly 90% winning rate (on behalf of Plaintiff, the IP Litigation Team).