Jiaquan IP Law Firm

Firm overview:

Jiaquan offers the full spectrum of IP services to both foreign and domestic clients, including patent applications, foreign and PCT patent filing, invalidation, drafting services, clearance and strategic IP portfolio development and management. Since its inception in 1988, the firm has expanded into 11 offices in Changsha and Guangdong, with over 800 legal professionals.

The firm is well-connected globally, and has worked with business partners in over 100 countries. It has been noted for its growth in PCT applications, and has received accolades for its top-quality IP services in China for seven years running. Jiaquan provides patent application services for partially state-owned technology company ZTE, which has rated the company’s IP offering as ‘Grade A’ in the past.

Team overview:

The team’s technical expertise spans fields including electronics, mechanicals, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and IT. Ninety percent of Jiaquan’s attorneys and engineers have science or engineering degrees.

Its team of over 550 patent and trademark professionals has represented more than 20 Fortune 500 companies in their IP needs.

President Xinxue Yu, who also directs the firm’s Mechanical Engineering Group, has won awards for his work in IP that include ‘Outstanding IP Litigator of Guangdong’. His landmark case for Heshan City Construction Machinery, involving 20 companies and the complete range of patent enforcement and invalidity procedures, was ranked as the number one most significant IP litigation in Guangdong by the province’s IP office.

Vice president Jason Xue formerly conducted substantive examinations at China’s IP Office for seven years, handling more than 700 invention patent applications.

Clients:

China Mobile, Dolby Digital Plus, Hitachi, Honda, King’s College London, Philips, Walt Disney, Panasonic, Ricoh