Mr. Li started his career in the field of intellectual property since he graduated from the Intellectual Property Law School of Peking University in 2007 and worked in the Patent Office under the State Intellectual Property Office, as the secretary of the director, where he mainly was responsible for patent search training and assessment of the quality of patent examination from 2007 to 2009. In July 2009, Mr. Li joined in UNITALEN ATTORNEYS AT LAW and has given many lectures in terms of IP infringement litigation, patent search, design around and patent excavation for Mitsubishi, San Francisco University, Great Wall Motor, SANY and Xugong, Sony and Germany Brady, etc.
Mr. Li has made significant achievements in many foreign-related patent infringement litigation cases, such as cases involving Jarden, Ashland, Tensar, Sun Same, BRP Canada, ISCAR, Lifetime and Megadyne. He also handled many cases in China for clients including DJI, China Bank, CRRC, Baiyunshan and Xinfa. In terms of non-contentious practice, Mr. Li has successfully dealt with many patent infringement analysis, contract review, investigations, patent strategy design and design around for OTIS Elevator, Segway Balance Car, Eurocams, Tensar, Konica Minolta, AFT, LiNing, etc.
Mr. Li is very active in the field of intellectual property. He has been interviewed more than 20 times by “Financial Times”, “Beijing Morning Newspaper”, “Electronic Intellectual Property Magazine”, “China IP Newspaper” and “Peking University Intellectual Property Weekly”, and he is also a good speaker on intellectual property topics in intellectual property conferences.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
• Successfully represented CR Gems Superabrasives Co., Ltd.,, Fujian Wanlong Superhard Material Technology Co., Ltd., and Henan Jingrui New Material Technology Co., Ltd., in response to the 337 Investigation of polycrystalline diamond compacts
• Tensar Corporation's 'Three –direction Geogrid' Double Anti reflective and 337 Investigation Cases in the United States
• Ke Mei Diagnosis v. Aixing 'Trade Secret' Civil Rights Protection Dispute Case (Escort Project during the IPO of the Science and Technology Innovation Board)
• Spreadtrum v. Hengxuan Patent Ownership Dispute Civil Rights Protection Dispute Case (Escort Project during the IPO of the Science and Technology Innovation Board)
• Patent infringement case involving the 'authentication method' invention on behalf of Bank of China
• Patent infringement case in relation to UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) between DJI and potential infringers in China
• Anti-unfair competition case between Dihuo and Meituan
• Patent Infringement case between Jarden and. SEB
• Spreadtrum v. ASR Mobile Chip Patent Protection Dispute Case (the first mobile chip judgment in China, with a compensation amount of 24 million RMB, and a 4.26 CCTV live broadcast case)
• Sichuan Ruineng Company's Dispute Series of Service Invention Rewards and Remuneration Disputes (Top Ten Typical Cases in Sichuan Province)
• Guangzhou Baishan Cloud Responds to the Patent Infringement Dispute Case of NetEase Technology (Science and Technology Innovation Board IPO Protection Project)
• Patent Infringement case for the 'two ethyl hypophosphite' invention on behalf of clariant in Germany
• Trade Secret enforcement on behalf of Foton
• Copyright infringement case between Wemade in Korea and 9377
• Copyright infringement case between Luzhou laojiao and Moyan
• Trade mark dispute over “air book” with Apple Inc.
• Trade mark dispute over Bear Grylls in Discovery Channel
• Patent Infringement case on behalf of ATN in Taiwan in relation to KVM products
• Patent Infringement case between Ashland and infringers in China
• Patent Infringement case between Baiyunshan and Changtai
• Patent Infringement case between Tensar from U.K. and the potential infringers in China
• Patent Infringement case between BWE from U.K. and the infringers in China
• Patent Infringement case between Jarden from U.K. and SEB in Europe
• Patent infringement case between BRP Canada and Zhejiang Kandi
• Patent infringement case between ISCAR and Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Cutting Tools Co. Ltd.
• Patent infringement case between Sun Same and Shanghai Jipusheng Office Articles Co., Ltd.
• Trade Secret enforcement case between Xinfu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Xinfa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
• Patent invalidation case for microbial enzymes D-calcium pantothenate
• Patent infringement analysis for Segway Balance Car
• Patent infringement analysis and patent invalidation case between Otis Co. and Ningbo Shenling Elevator
EDUCATION
Peking University LL.M.
University of Petroleum China B.E.
Kent Law School in Chicago, USA Visiting Scholar
BAR ADMISSIONS
Practicing Certificate, People’s Republic of China
PROFESSIONAL HONORS
• Highly ranked in Intellectual Property by Chambers, ALB, CBLJ, The Legal 500, China Law & Practice and Legal One
• 2022 Patent Star of Intellectual Property Management
• 2022 Top 10 Patent Lawyers in China
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
• Expert of the Supreme People's Court Intellectual Property Case Guidance Research (Beijing) Base
• Member of the National Office for Combating Infringement, Counterfeiting, and Counterfeit Goods Expert Database
• Adjunct Professor at Peking University School of Law
• Adjunct Supervisor for Master of Law at China University of Political Science and Law
PUBLICATION
• “Getting the Methods of Confirming the Patent Infringement as to the Alloy Filed”, Peking University Intellectual Property Weekly.
• “Implement and Improvement for Compulsory License for Exploitation of Patent”, Peking University Intellectual Property Weekly.
• “Defense Strategies in Patent Infringement”, Electronic Intellectual Property Magazine.
• “Analysis of the Strategies for Chinese Enterprises on Responding to the 337 Investigation by the US”
• Participated the Research project -- Patent Dynamic Research” of State Intellectual Property Office
• Participated the Research project -- “Implement and Improvement of Patent search Report” of State Intellectual Property Office