Mr. Qiulin ZHANG mainly practices in areas of patent drafting, application and reexamination in fields of machinery and chemistry; patent invalidation; patent infringement analysis; patent administrative litigation; patent infringement litigation; patent retrieval (novelty search, invalidation, evasion, tracking, etc.); patent administrative investigation (Intellectual Property Office, Customs, Exhibition); patent strategies and pre-warning; trade secret infringement litigation; unfair competition; intellectual property contracts; technology contracts; and enterprise intellectual property consulting. Before joining Fairsky, Mr. Zhang worked for CHIPSCREEN for two years in the research and development of new drugs and started practicing intellectual property law from 2006. He has accumulated extensive experience in the patent legal service field, including drafting patent applications for SINOPEC, representing well-known domestic and foreign enterprises such as Roche, BASF, AKZO NOBEL NV, Evonik, Exxon Mobil, UOP, Heraeus, Toyota, Siemens, Nestle, SHENHUA, etc. in patent applications in China, providing patent infringement analysis for BASF, and assisting HighChem in the process of technology import and transfer. He also represented Goldlabo in invalidating SEB’s invention patent; represented MEIZU in invalidating Qualcomm’s invention patent; defended VMI in patent invalidation proceeding; represented SINOCHEM in trade secret infringement suit, and defending Baroque in a patent infringement suit.

Practice Fields

Patent, business secret, trademark, copyright, unfair competition, and other IP legal affairs. He is especially skilled at handling patent cases in technical fields such as chemistry, chemical engineering, material, biology, and medicine, business secret cases, etc.

Work Experience

Shenzhen Chipscreen Biosciences Co., Ltd., new drug research and development

Zhongzi Law Office, patent attorney specially handling foreign-related matters

China Patent Agent (H.K.) Ltd., patent attorney specially handling foreign-related matters

Professional Experience

1.Mr. Zhang represented ZHONGHUA CHEMICAL, etc. against Wanglong Company, etc. in an infringement case concerning the technical secret "Vanillin". ZHONGHUA CHEMICAL received a compensatory payment of 159 million yuan in the second instance, which was the highest compensation amount in the history of business secret infringement cases of the people's court. This case was selected as "Top Ten Cases of 2021 of the People's Court", "Top Ten Typical Cases concerning Technical Intellectual Property Rights of 2020 of the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People's Court of China" and “Top Ten Cases of 2021 of Chinese courts”.

2.Mr. Zhang represented the Wenzhou Haihe Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in the 1st case of patent linkage litigation against the Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. with regard to its drug "Eldecalcitol Soft Capsules", and the other party's appeal was dismissed in the second instance judgment. This case was awarded as one of the "Top Twenty Typical Cases in 2020" by the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People's Court of China, and was also selected as one of the "Top 10 Nominated Cases of Promoting the Rule of Law in the New Era in 2022" and "Top 10 Typical Cases of China Trials in 2022".

3.Mr. Zhang represented Cathay Biotech Inc. against the CNIPA and Hanlin Company in the second trial of patent invalidation and administrative litigation case. The IP Court of Supreme People's Court revoked the verdict in the first trial to maintain the patent involved to be valid. The case was rated as one of the 50 typical intellectual property cases in Chinese courts in 2021.

4.Mr. Zhang represented the Yichang Humanwell Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in the patent linkage administrative adjudication of the 1st batch of three cases against Purdue Pharma with regard to its drug "oxycodone hydrochloride", confirming that none of relevant technical solutions of the generic drug falls within the protection scope of the patents.

5.Mr. Zhang represented AMEC in suing Veeco Precision Instruments International Trade (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in a series of cases of patent infringement, patent invalidation, and customs administrative investigation. The series of cases was rated as one of the "Top Ten Cases of Patent Reexamination and Invalidation of 2018 by the CNIPA", and was also selected as one of the "Top Ten IP Cases of Shanghai in 2017", one of the "Top Ten IP Cases of China Customs in 2017", and one of the "Top Ten IP Judicial Protection Cases of the Fujian Court in 2018".

6.Mr. Zhang represented Roller Coaster (Beijing) Catering Management Co., Ltd. against Spacelab (Beijing) Catering Management Co., Ltd. in series cases of patent infringement, patent invalidation and administrative litigation thereof, and administrative investigation by the China National Intellectual Property Administration. This case was selected as "Top Ten Patent Reexamination & Invalidation Cases of 2019 of the CNIPA".

7.Mr. Zhang represented Advanced Energy & Environmental Technologies Inc. and InSoil Energy Technologies Co., Ltd. and other technical secret infringement cases, won the first instance and fully supported the plaintiff's claim in the second instance. This case was selected as "20 typical Cases of Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People's Court in 2022" and "Typical civil Cases of trade secret Infringement Disputes of Beijing Intellectual Property Court".

8.Mr. Zhang represented Zhaodi Zhou against Yuguo Machinery Factory in a case of patent infringement administrative investigation by the CNIPA. This case was selected as "Top Ten Typical IP Protection Cases of 2021 in Suzhou".

9.Mr. Zhang represented Jinji Company against Huntsman (Switzerland) in series cases of infringement of the patent "a reactive dye". He finally won the first instance, second instance, and retrial, rejecting the defendant's claim of 200 million yuan in compensation. The success in this case paved the way for listing of Jinji.

10.Mr. Zhang represented Jinfeng against UXIN in the malicious lawsuit case. In the first trial, it was determined that the other party had applied for a patent for the product sold previously, and filed an infringement lawsuit based on the patent. This constituted a malicious lawsuit.

Social Title

Member of the Intellectual Property Business Research Association, Chaoyang Lawyers Association, Beijing

Practical Tutor at the Intellectual Property College of Xiangtan University, and Part-time Teacher at Hefei University of Technology

Member of the Foreign Affairs Lawyer Talent Pool, Beijing Lawyers Association

Member of the Expert Pool for Intellectual Property (Trade Secret Protection), Guangming District, Shenzhen

Outstanding Lawyer in Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property by IP Frontline 2023

Top 100 Intellectual Property Experts in China by Asia IP 2023

Outstanding Communist Party Member among Chaoyang Lawyers in 2024

Ningling Wang, managing partner of the firm’s Shanghai office, has over 20 years ofexperience in various intellectual property fields. Her practice involves patentprosecution, opinions, due diligence, client counseling, licensing, and patentlitigation in the areas of chemicals, chemical engineering, pharmaceuticals, medicaldevices, semiconductor materials, 3D printing, and nanotechnology.

Ningling has extensive experience working with multinational and Chinese companies, providing legal advice on IP portfolio management, due diligence, licensing, litigation, and trade secret protection and enforcement. She has been involved in various cases before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and U.S. district courts.She also has represented companies with IP enforcement in China, including judicial and customs enforcementactions.

Ningling frequently speaks at conferences and seminars in China and internationally on patent-related topics. She has taught graduate courses on U.S. IP law at Renmin University of China Law School and at Shanghai Jiao Tong University KoGuan Law School, where the curriculum included a mock patent trial. Ningling also served as aprogram professor of law at China Science and Technology University. Currently, she is an adjunct professor with Dalian University of Science and Technology, School of Law.

Experience

Certain Light Emitting Diode Chips, Laser Diode Chips and Products Containing Same

Defended five Chinese LED companies in ITC litigations.

337-TA-674, ITC, Judge Luckern

Certain Sulfentrazone, Sulfentrazone Compositions, and Processes for Making Sulfentrazone

Defended two Chinese agro-chemical companies, defeating a petition for a temporary exclusion order and prevailing at trial, holding the patent invalid and not infringed.

337-TA-914, ITC, Judge Lord

Certain Plant-Derived Recombinant Human Serum Albumins (“rHSA”) and Products Containing Same

Represented respondent Wuhan Healthgen Biotechnology Corporation in patent infringement and Lanham Act litigation involving rice-derived human albumin.

337-TA-1238, ITC, Judge McNamara

Prosecuting patents for startup Hutchison Medipharma

Finnegan prepared and prosecuted patents for startup Hutchison Medipharma in the United States for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.Those patents cover a small molecule, fruquintinib, which received approval in China.

Two-Way Radio Equipment and Systems, Related Software, and Components Thereof

Represented respondents in investigation involving two-way radios and related audio features, including obtaining favorable decision on new designs.

337-TA-1053, ITC, Judge McNamara

Certain Short-Wavelength Light Emitting Diodes, Laser Diodes and Products Containing Same

Defended Chinese LED companies in ITC litigation.

337-TA-640, ITC, Judge Luckern

Professional Activities

·Licensing Executives Society (LES) China

(Special Counsel, 2015-present; Board of Directors, 2009-present)

·American Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai

(Co-Chair, Legal Committee, 2014-2017; Co-Chair, IP Committee, 2010-2012)

·Licensing Executives Society International

(Deputy Treasurer, 2023-present; Board of Directors, 2023-present; Legal Counsel to Board of Directors,2022-2023; Co-Chair, Chemical Energy Environment & Materials (CEEM) Committee, 2018-present; CoChair, Asia Pacific Committee, 2015-2018; Vice-Chair, Asia Pacific Committee, 2010-2015)

·BayHelix Group

(2013-present)

·American Bar Association

·American Intellectual Property Law Association

·Federal Circuit Bar Association

·Order of the Coif

Stephanie Vaccari heads Baker McKenzie's Intellectual Property Tech Practice Group in Toronto. She leads the Toronto office Industrial Design and Transactional IP team and co-leads its IP Portfolio Management and Trademark Enforcement teams. Stephanie also serves as co-chair of Baker McKenzie's Toronto Consumer Goods and Retail Group, its Baker Women's Networking Group and is spearheading the Toronto office's Luxury and Fashion Group. Stephanie is described in the 2018 World Trademarks Review as a lawyer who has “complete mastery of the law and is practical and commercially minded.” She graduated from the University of Western Ontario Law School and received a Bachelor of Sciences degree (Biology Specialist) from the University of Toronto, where she graduated with distinction.

Stephanie advises industry clients on a broad range of IP-related matters. She has extensive trade mark-related experience, has assisted global clients with worldwide trade mark portfolios, and represented them in opposition and cancellation proceedings. She has experience in transactional IP and has also participated in a variety of complex lawsuits dealing with, among others, trade mark and copyright infringement, patent infringement and validity, Internet and domain name issues, licensing, unfair competition and passing off.

Representative Legal Matters

·Manages global trade mark portfolios of Fortune 500 companies.

·Acted on numerous trade mark oppositions, including oppositions protecting famous marks.

·Represented fashion and luxury clients in domain name dispute matters.

·Managed IP portion of corporate transaction valued over $249 million and considered one of the "Big Deals" in the Canadian publication, Lexpert.

·Acted on trade mark passing-off actions involving large confectionery companies.

·Acted on trade mark infringement action between two large US and Canadian communication companies.

·Acted on international arbitration between a US pharmaceutical company and a university involving a USD 30 million patent license dispute.

Peter Brownlow is a partner at Bird & Bird in London, specializing in intellectual property. Over the years, Peter Brownlow has helped companies build market-leading positions in trade mark, copyright, design and database rights.

Peter Brownlow has over 20 years' experience of managing high-profile IP disputes and also specializes in non-contentious work, including global rebranding and global IP protection strategies.

In the non-contentious arena, Peter Brownlow has managed Monster Energy's trademark work in Europe and Asia, as well as the rebranding of Everything Everywhere, and has advised Associated Newspapers on its METRO newspaper branding and trademark strategy. Peter Brownlow also advised Associated Newspapers on its METRO newspaper branding strategy.

Peter Brownlow has been recognized as a top practitioner in the Chambers and Legal 500 guides, and as a thought leader in the Who's Who Legal report on international trademark practitioners. Peter Brownlow has been a member of the Designs and Copyright Committee of the UK Trade Mark Attorneys Association since 1996 and has chaired the European Amicus Curiae Sub-Committee of the International Trade Mark Association.

Merck KGaA: Acting for Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) in a complex appeal against a decision on trademark infringement and breach of contract (under German law). The case concerned the use of the term MERCK.

S C Johnson: acting in a breach of contract claim concerning SC Johnson's failure to assign the KIWI trademark in the Middle East under a sale and purchase agreement.

Monster Energy: advising and acting on the coordination of its European and Asian trademark prosecution and enforcement strategy.

Associated Newspapers: Resolving a 10-year dispute over the registration of the METRO trademark between our client, Associated Newspapers and Bauer Media.

Charmayne heads both the Intellectual Property (IP) practice and the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) practice. Aside from IP and TMT, her practice also has a strong focus on data protection. Charmayne works with regulators, associations and companies of all sizes in shaping the future of IP, TMT and data protection.

Charmayne’s areas of practice include managing the registration of and general advisory and drafting work relating to the classic forms of IP rights (trademark, copyright, industrial design rights and patents). She deals with regulators and advises clients who provide technology and telecommunications services such as satellite, internet and on-demand content services on regulatory compliance and licensing matters.

She also advises various multinational and local companies on data protection issues including compliance with data protection laws and strategic response to data breach incidents, including guiding clients through data breach reporting requirements and supporting clients in highly regulated sectors.

She is the Malaysian member of the Global Leaders Forum (TMT practice) and a member of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) (for IP and TMT).

Saikrishna Rajagopal is the Founder & Managing Partner of the Firm. Sai graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and was admitted to the Bar in 1995. In the past 28 years, Sai has emerged as a highly reckoned and ranked counsel associated with groundbreaking litigation and an acknowledged reputation for being an outstanding arguing counsel.

Sai has been associated with an extensive array of civil, commercial and criminal litigation in India for various fortune 100 and fortune 500 clients including many Indian clients. Over the past many years, Sai has been associated with some of the leading Intellectual Property cases in India touching on a diverse array of topic ranging from pharmaceutical patents, telecom standard essential patents and related FRAND issues & patent infringement litigation, competition law/anti-trust issues, anti-piracy litigation and the issuance of court-mandated guidelines to streamline admissibility of investigative evidence in relation to Anton Pillar orders, safe harbour provisions, and challenges to provisions impinging on these safeguards, defamation/trade libel in the context of SLAPP litigation, etc.

Since 2005, Sai has been featured as a highly ranked professional in various leading ranking journals. Since 2007 Sai has featured as a ‘Leading Individual’ in Intellectual Property by the prestigious Chambers Global – Guide to Leading Legal Professionals of the World in its past editions. In 2013 Sai was ranked as the sole “Star Individual” ranked professional for IP Litigation by Chambers & Partners – Asia Rankings.

Sai has chalked up an impressive list of “wins” in the arena of IP litigation ranging from complex trademark issues including the use of trademarks in films, use of trademark law in relation to defamation cases, etc. in 2014 Sai lead the development of jurisprudence in relation to the court-ordered blocking of offshore pirate websites. This campaign has resulted in the blocking of thousands of pirate websites as well as in 2018, with courts issuing a unique ‘dynamic blocking injunction’ which now provides rights holders with an efficient and balanced process to include additional variations of pirate websites seeking to avoid blocking injunctions.

Sai is also active in the lecture circuit and has spoken at several conferences both in India and abroad as also at premier national institutes like the National Institute of Design at Ahmedabad, the National Police Academy at Hyderabad, the Delhi Police Training School, the National Customs and Narcotics Academy at Faridabad, and the Central Bureau of Investigation Training Academy at Ghaziabad.

Sai has also played a leading role in the development of IP Policy being involved with as an expert witness advising the Indian Parliamentary Standing Committee overseeing the proposed amendments to the Copyright Act, 1957, on their impact across a variety of sectors.