Bob specialises in IP laws, including patent prosecution, invalidation, litigation, and IP transaction, particularly in handling litigation and transactions related to complex technologies.

He advises multinational and domestic companies in the telecommunication, semiconductor and medical device manufacturing industries, solving intellectual property-related disputes involving patent infringement, invalidation, trade secret litigation and IP due diligence.

Bob previously worked at the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) as a patent examiner and an adjunct examiner for re-examination for eight years. He then joined Hankun Law offices and Kanxin Partners as an IP litigator.

Bob's experience includes advising:

Patent Infringement and Patent Invalidation

• a world-leading smart device manufacturer in patent infringement lawsuits against a non-practicing entity (NPE) before the Beijing Higher People's Court and CNIPA, and helped the client to reach a favourable settlement
• a world-leading smart device manufacturer in a patent infringement lawsuit regarding a declared 3GPP standard essential patent (SEP), and successfully invalidated the patent and won the judicial review, in which the invalidation of the patent directly led to dismissal of the infringement case
• Gorbel in a patent dispute of lifting products, which was recognized as one of the Top 10 Patent Administrative Protection Cases in Beijing in 2016
• YouBao in the MINI KTV patent infringement case with seeking for more than 160 million RMB damages, and successfully invalidated the patent-in-suit by using public evidence in Internet
• CRCC to deal with the patent infringement lawsuit regarding railway equipment initiated by Linsinger, and successfully forced the plaintiff to reconcile with the client and revoked the lawsuit by invalidating the patent-in-suit
• Changan Ford to deal with the patent infringement lawsuit initiated by an NPE, and the court finally dismissed NPE’s all claims
• a Chinese medical device manufacturer in a series of patent infringement lawsuits initiated by a main competitor. Successfully invalidated the plaintiff’s several key patents or created effective estoppel and forced the plaintiff to withdraw the corresponding infringement cases
• Ninebot, a world-leading manufacturer of self-balancing scooters, in a series of patent infringement actions against various Chinese competitors
• SoHu in patent infringement actions filed by a main competitor regarding streaming media technologies. Successfully invalidated all asserted patents
• a Chinese leading electronic candle manufacturer to initiate an administration litigation against the Patent Re-examination Board, and ultimately overturned the invalidation decision and further maintained validity of the patent-in-suit

Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition

• a Chinese medical device company in a trade secret infringement lawsuit related to computer programs against its former employees and the company founded by them, and successfully forced the defendants to seek for a settlement with the client
• a Chinese biotech company in a technical secret infringement lawsuit related to biological reagents initiated by a competitor

Intellectual Property Due Diligence, licensing and Mapping/Prosecution

• China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund to conduct IP due diligence on a semiconductor company to be invested
• IP due diligence services on Chinese IP portfolio of a leading Chinese smart device accessory manufacturer for its intended IPO on NASDAQ
• a leading surgical device company on an IP Licensing negotiation with a world-renowned medical device company
• legal services on the mapping and prosecution of key patents, as well as FTO analysis, coverage analysis, etc., to many Chinese high-tech start-ups