Jian Zhu 朱健

Background

PRC-qualified patent practitioner and lawyer with twenty years of practice (licensed before the China National Intellectual Property Administration; member of the PRC bar). Founder of Invention Village Ltd (UK) and managing partner of Beijing Guanhequan Law Firm; previously practised patent prosecution and litigation at Jones Day, Rouse, Wilkinson & Grist and King & Wood Mallesons. Represented STIHL in a patent case selected as one of China's 50 typical IP judicial protection cases. Author of three books on patents and trademarks published by Tsinghua University Press, including Patent Monetization.

Qualifications

• Licensed to practise before the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA).
• Member of the bar of the People's Republic of China.
• Not on the UK register of patent attorneys.

Selected work

• Represented STIHL in a patent case selected as one of China's 50 typical intellectual property judicial protection cases.
• Represented Mars in an intellectual property infringement case selected as one of Guangzhou's ten major intellectual property cases.
• Represented a Korean company in a suit against Sony, winning at first instance.
• Patent portfolio valuations for acquirers including UBS, Deutsche Bank and GSR Ventures.

Books (Tsinghua University Press)

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