Marcus ZHAO is a corporate partner in our IP practice group, and he is the leader of our international IP practice group, the executive director of our IP service base located near Shanghai. He specializes in providing comprehensive IP consultancy and professional IP legal service for companies in their international business and development.
During his 20-year-long experience in works relating to innovation, business and IP, Marcus has gained wide experience in Chinese and international patent applications in the fields of mechanism, electric, fabric, logistic, engineering, construction and daily necessities, etc. In recent years, Marcus has effectively broadened his patent agency area into several new industries such as electronic, communication and computer science. Marcus has also successfully handled hundreds of Chinese and international trademark registration applications for a lot of domestic and foreign clients.
Besides of his abundant experience in solving hundreds of IP lawsuits and hidden IP disputes involving foreign parties on patent, trademark, trade name, copyright and trade secret, etc., Marcus regularly provides comprehensive consultancies for IP management for internationally oriented enterprises, innovation parks and governmental bodies.
Educational Background
• Visiting Scholar, Law School of University of Huston (2009)
• MA, Zhejiang University (2000 - 2004)
• BA, Military Transportation Academy (1987 - 1991)
Practice Areas
• Chinese and international patent, trademark (trade name), copyright and trade secret.
Representative Experience
Non-litigation
• Be the IP consultant of Noble lift (603611) for years of regular all-round consultancy on its IP assets acquisition, management, utilization and protection;
• Advising Star Light (037896) on its patent layout and infringement analysis project;
• Be the special IP lawyer of APEC's OVOB demonstration project of 2011 and delivered a experience sharing speech in the international conference of "IP AND BRANDING" organized by WIPO in Seoul;
• Be the general legal consultant of Zhejiang Hezhong New Energy Automobile Company for all-round consultancy with emphasis attached to its combination of IP assists with the capital market;
• Advising Zhejiang Tianqi Electric Equipment and Anji International Chamber of Commerce on their domestic and overseas trademark disputes;
• Providing years of IP consultancy for the Elite Program of Huzhou government;
• Advising Huzhou Huafei Electronic Substrate Company on its trade secret protection project.
Litigation
• Be the attorney of Zhejiang Hengsen against Danfoss in an invention patent infringement case;
• Be the attorney of Zhejiang Duanan suing Henan Yuanquan of utility patent infringement;
• Be the attorney of Shenzhen Taier suing Shanghai Yorp of Design patent infringement;
• Be the attorney of Anji Chunxin suing Patent Re-examination Commission of patent invalidation;
• Be the attorney of Chilwee Group suing Beijing Jinchaowei of trademark infringement;
• Be the attorney of Shanghai Yehe Enterprise Management Company against Shanghai Heye Bedroom Supplies Company in a trademark licensing agreement dispute;
• Be the attorney of Tianwang Food against Youcan Food in a trademark infringement case;
• Be the attorney of Zhejiang Lvqin suing Trademark Review and Adjudication Board of trademark registration rejection;
• Be the attorney of the late great writer Maodun's inheritors suing Nanjing Classic Auction Company of copyright infringement.
Professional Recognitions
• Member of the Expert Advisory Committee of Intellectual Property Cases of the Supreme People's Court in China, 2016
• Guest Professor of China Jiliang University, 2015
• Among the first batch of High Level Talents listed by All China Patent Agent Association, 2013
• Long term patent attorney honored by State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), 2011
Bar Admissions
• Lawyer, People's Republic of China, 1996
• Patent attorney, People's Republic of China, 2000
• Mechanical Engineer, People's Republic of China, 1996
• Mechanical Engineering Technologist, Australia, 2000
Language Skills
• Chinese Mandarin, native
• English, proficient
• French, conversational