Chixue WEI
Chinese Attorney-at-Law
Chinese Patent & Trademark Attorney
Managing Partner of Linda Liu & Partners

Specialty:
Prosecution, Litigation, Anti-counterfeit, License, IP management regarding patent, trademark, copyright.

Working Languages:
Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese

Working Experience:
Patent and Trademark Office of China Council for Promotion of International Trades (CCPIT), vice president, Aug. 1969 - Dec. 2001
King & Wood PRC Lawyers, president, Jan. 2002 - 2005
Linda Liu & Partners, Managing Partner, Jan. 23, 2005 - present

Study Experience:
Japanese Patent Attorney Association, Advanced studies in Japanese IP law, March 1981 - March 1982
Visiting scholar studying Japanese IP rights and litigation, Jan. 1991 - July 1991

Legislation Experience:
Since 1979, Mr. Wei assisted in drafting and amending the following laws:
Trademark Law of P.R.C,
Patent Law of P.R.C,
Contracts for Technology Law of the P.R.C, and
Copyright Law of the P.R.C
Administration Regulation of Technology-Introduction Contracts
Regulations on Patent Attorneys.

Practice Areas:
Through his thirty year legal career, Mr. Wei's practice and experience not only encompasses all phases of patent and trademark law, but extends to litigation and administrative cases as well. Mr. Wei has worked on several famous cases. As being an intercessor, Mr. Wei has handled many mediations dealing with joint ventures, deals, contracts, and the assignment of technology. Specifically, Mr. Wei has worked in the following practice areas:

Prosecution of patent applications;
Trademark registrations;
Preparing and filing opposition and cancellations;
Patent invalidation;
Intellectual property infringement litigation, also know as administrative proceedings concerning Intellectual Property Rights;
Consultations on the establishment of joint ventures;
Joint venture contracts, including drafting contract and reviewing current contracts;
Counseling services and development strategy concerning intellectual property rights when confronting enter into Chinese market.

Community Activities:
Executive director of China Intellectual Property Society
Director of China Trademark Association
Director of All-China Patent Agents Association

Other:

1 . Publications:
Mr. Wei has published a large number of papers and books at home and abroad.
Mr. Wei has published 'Outline of the Chinese Intellectual Property', 'Corpora of the Chinese Intellectual Property', 'Fifty Lectures on Patent Law', 'Fifty Lectures on Trademark Law', 'Twenty-five Lectures on Design Law' and a lot of translation works.

2 . Lectures:
Mr. Wei has delivered over 100 lectures in Japan, the topics of which covered Chinese intellectual property right system and litigation system, with elaborate details of Chinese patent prosecution and litigation practice.

3 . Guest Professor:
Mr. Chixue WEI is a guest professor of Kogakuin University (Japan) and Kokushikan University (Japan), and . specially invited professor of Law School of Renmin University (China).