K&L Gates
K&L Gates' Greater China IP team is the first port of call for companies requiring brand protection. Drawing on the firm's s IP Agency in China, as well as its trademark and patents groups in Japan and Hong Kong, the team is well-versed in patent litigation, Section 337 investigations before the US International Trade Commission (ITC), and portfolio development matters in the US, Asia, Australia and Europe. The US-qualified IP litigator Jay Chiu (Hong Kong) heads up the practice, which also includes Beijing counsel Edward Yao and Winnie Chan (Hong Kong), who has been appointed as a Notary Public of Hong Kong by the Chief Judge of the High Court.
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Key clients
- Actions Microelectronics Co. Ltd.
- Advantech Co. Ltd.
- Avision Inc.
- Darfon Electronics Corp.
- Guangdong Juxin New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.
- Luxshare Precision
- OnePlus Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd
- Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
- Shenzhen Haimingrun Superhard Materials Co., Ltd.
- Shenzhen Nukun Technology Co., Ltd.
- Zhengzhou New Asia Superhard Materials Composite Co., Ltd.
Work highlights
- Representing Luxshare Precision and its subsidiaries in a patent infringement case concerning electrical connectors and cages used in downstream products exported from China and imported and sold in the US.
- Represented Realtek in an ITC Investigation where Future Link Systems alleged patent infringement of two patents and sought an exclusion order against the client.
- Representing OnePlus before the ITC where it was alleged that various wireless functionalities within the client's mobile devices infringe the two patents-in-suit.
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jay Chiu