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Distinguished Practitioner
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Intellectual property
Dr Liu is a highly experienced and respected lawyer who concentrates his practice on the full spectrum of intellectual property, litigation and arbitration, antitrust and competition.
Prior to joining AnJie Broad, Dr Liu served as a senior judge in the Beijing High People’s Court. He had tried more than 2,000 IP cases, including civil cases regarding patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets and unfair competition disputes, as well as administrative cases regarding patent re-examination, patent invalidation, trademark re-examination and trademark invalidation, many of which had a profound impact on the IP industry practice.
As a partner of AnJie Broad, Dr Liu has handled numerous high-profile cases. Among these cases, one case was selected as one of the Top 10 Intellectual Property Cases in Chinese Courts (2020), two were selected as 50 Intellectual Property Representative Cases by Chinese Courts (2018, 2022), and one was included in the Gazette of the Supreme People's Court (2022). Additionally, one case was selected as a typical case by the Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Supreme People's Court (2022), and four were included in the "100 Representative Cases Marking the Fifth Anniversary of the Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Supreme People's Court." Furthermore, one case was featured in both the Annual Report Abstract on the Application of Law in Intellectual Property Cases (2024) and the Summary of Guiding Principles from the Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Supreme People's Court (2024).
Dr Liu published four IP-related academic monographs, A Comprehensive Study of Chinese Patent Litigation: Rules and Cases, Guideline for Patent Infringement Litigation in China, Application of the Law on Invention/Utility Model Administrative Lawsuits – Rules and Cases and Liability of Internet Service Providers on Indirect Intellectual Property Infringement. These books received wide acclaim among lawyers in China and are regarded as guidelines for resolving various IP-related issues. Dr Liu has also published many influential trademark or IP-related articles and essays in some well-known journals and magazines.
Dr Liu is often invited as a guest of honor by major IP conferences and conventions, where he has delivered keynote speeches on the rules for determining trademark infringement, patent administrative litigation practices and issues, the rules for determining patent infringement and interpreting patent claims, among other topics.
Dr Liu has handled numerous high-profile patent and other IP litigation, such as Sharp v OPPO (a very famous SEP case in China, which was rated as one of the top 10 IP cases in Chinese courts in 2020), AstraZeneca v Patent Re-examination Board (a milestone case for chemical compound-related inventions, which was rated as one of the 50 typical IP cases in Chinese courts in 2018) and Qualcomm v Apple.
Attorney at law (China)
P.H.D in Beijing Normal University
