NTD Patent & Trademark Agency

Firm overview:

NTD Intellectual Property Attorneys, is a full service IP firm, advises Fortune Global 500 companies to small startups, that is highly regarded by the market for its patent prosecution practice.

The firm has offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, and liaison offices in Silicon Valley, Tokyo and Munich. NTD also maintains partnerships with law firms and IP agencies in over 70 countries and regions worldwide.

Alongside IP litigation and an active trademarks practice, NTD’s patent practice manages over 10,000 new filings and over 14,000 office actions annually.

The firm maintains regular contact with regulatory authorities, including academic interchange with IP authorities.

Team overview:

NTD is a firm of 500 staff with 90 lawyers and over 200 patent attorneys. Attorneys in patent, trademark and legal teams work closely, always standing in clients’ shoes and targeting at clients’ core value. Wide coverage of technical areas and deep comprehension of complicated technologies – Our attorneys keep on learning new technologies and can fully understand the technical difficulties in patent prosecution, invalidation and litigation.

In Beijing in June, 2024, at the 11th national conference of the All-China Patent Attorneys Association and the 8th Intellectual Property Forum, Jian Wei, managing partner of NTD, was elected one of 15 Vice-Presidents of the 11th council. A senior patent attorney, Jian has prosecuted patent applications for foreign and domestic clients in microelectronics, optical-electronics, audio and video processing, and physics. He is also a council member of  AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property) China.

Clients:

Bosch, Qualcomm