Lina WUPartner

Qualifications:Attorney at law

Languages:Chinese, English

Areas of Practice:Laws and regulations related to intellectual property in China, mainstream and non mainstream countries both domestically and internationally

Practice Experience

With 18 years of extensive experience in patent prosecution, reexamination, invalidation, litigation, and domestic as well as international patent applications, Ms. Wu's technical expertise spans the mechanical and chemical fields, including printing equipment, household appliances, fuel systems, water treatment devices, and automotive technologies. She possesses substantial practical experience in patent prosecution, reexamination, and invalidation proceedings before the five major patent offices: China, Japan, South Korea, the United States, and Europe. Ms. Wu has redrafted hundreds of patent prosecutions for several well-known Japanese and South Korean multinational corporations and has proactively managed corresponding global patent amendments based on these refined filings. She is frequently designated by key clients to lead their core and high-stakes patent cases. Ms. Wu provides professional advisory services to numerous leading enterprises on patent specification drafting and optimization, application strategy, and invalidation and litigation tactics. 

She prepares infringement analysis and invalidity evaluation reports for globally renowned corporations and has successfully conducted patent mining for the Chinese legal entities and R&D centers of multinational companies, providing specialized training for inventors and intellectual property personnel. Beyond her rich practical experience, Ms. Wu conducts in-depth comparative research on the patent systems of key jurisdictions and maintains a profound study of litigation precedents in the United States, Japan, and China. She is regularly invited by domestic and foreign patent offices, prominent intellectual property associations, and global enterprises to deliver lectures on topics including patent prosecution strategy, specification enhancement, invalidation response techniques, infringement litigation, evidence strategy in litigation, and damage assessment. Ms. Wu served as a principal translator for the Japanese edition of the seminal intellectual property work "Detailed Explanation of China's Patent Law" (by Yin Xintian), published in 2015, primarily responsible for translating content related to patent infringement litigation. She is also the sole translator of the "Handbook of Japanese Invalidation Trial Requests," a publication linked to a national research planning project.

Work Experience

  2002-2017  Longtian Intellectual Property Agency Co., Ltd.

  2017-2018  Beijing Law Firm

  2018-2021  Beijing Powertrain Intellectual Property Agency Co., Ltd.

  2021-2023  Juejin Intellectual Property Agency Co., Ltd.

  2024-Present  Li & N Intellectual Property Agency Ltd. (Partner)

Education

  Graduated from Bohai University with a major in Law in July 2001

Honors

  Australian GRIFFITII&HACK Visiting Lawyer

  Participated in various international conferences multiple times and was selected for the internal faculty resource pool of the Patent Office

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