Major Founder; General Manager; Senior Patent Attorney (1984); Trademark Attorney (1992)

In 1970, Mr. Wang graduated from the Chemical Engineering Department of Tsinghua University (Bachelor). He subsequently joined the Research Institute of the Ministry of Transportation. In June 1984, he attended the first training program for patent attorneys at the SIPO in Beijing and then began his career as a patent attorney. During the Chinese government's first stage of establishing a patent system in April 1985, he was responsible for establishing the Patent Service Center of the Ministry of Transportation and Kanghua Patent Firm. Subsequently in June 1987, he participated in establishing the NTD Patent Agency Ltd. and then was appointed as vice general manger of NTD and general manager of its Beijing Representative Office, a postion he held for more than 10 years. Mr. Wang has many years of experience in managing and operating IP firms in China.

Mr. Wang is a very senior practitioner in the IP industry in China and maintains close ties with relevant government authorities. He is the former director of the China Intellectual Property Society, the former standing director of the Intellectual Property Society of Chinese Universities, and the former director of the All-China Patent Agents Association. He is currently a member of the China branches of both AIPPI and LES. Over the years, he has published more than 10 articles relating to IP law and specializes in foreign patent systems, import/export of Technology in China and IP management and enforcement in China.

In 1981, Mr. Liu graduated from the Law Department of Soochow University in Taiwan (Bachelor). In 1991, he obtained his master degree in intellectual property from the Franklin Pierce Law Center in the U.S., and then worked for the US Patent and Trademark Office and two US IP firms as intern. Mr. Liu has worked in the IP service industry since 1983 and has many years of experience in assisting multi-international companies in handling infringement and unfair competition issues relating to trademarks, patents, copyrights, company names, trade secret and domain names. He has also assisted multi-international companies in setting up IP management and protection strategies and is very familiar with laws and practices in respect to IP transfer and license, IP management, dispute resolutions, litigation tactics, etc. Mr. Liu can speak and write English fluently, and his working languages are Chinese and English.