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- Tony Shen, practicing lawyer and patent agent at the headquarters of Shanghai HIWAYS Law Firm, graduated from Fudan University with a Bachelor of Science degree, and from East China University of Political Science and Law with a Master’s degree in Law. Tony Shen has over 12 years of experience in patent agency and legal practice.
Tony Shen has over a decade of experience in patent work, serving clients across various industries including film and media, retail chains, interior design, industrial manufacturing, telecommunications electronics, internet, software development, chip technology, jewelry, shipbuilding, biomedicine, and modern agriculture. Tony Shen has provided legal services to numerous well-known domestic and international companies such as Universal City Studios LLC., Beijing Universal Resort, Walmart Inc., Varia Brewing, Green Tank, Seiko Epson, Ruijia Medical, ONEHOUSE, MEISI Furniture, SHENBAO Mattress, Huawei, HONOR, JINGDONG, China Mobile, Huaqin Telecom, Hikvision, Tianma Microelectronics, Shanghai Waigaoqiao, Aulton, Glanfy, China Gems & Jade Exchange Center, Integrated Diagnostics, Sinyang Semiconductor, SenseVision, OPPLE, HELLA, and AUX Group. His services include domestic and international patent applications and PCT (over 500 cases), patent re-examination, patent invalidation, patent map, patent research, patent transformation, covering the entire industry chain both domestically and internationally; domestic trademark applications, oppositions, invalidations, and legal services involving dispute resolution and business secret, primarily responsible for handling intellectual property dispute resolution cases before courts, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), and the Patent Reexamination Board across China.
Typical Cases
- 1.Represented Walmart Inc. in the intellectual property protection project for Sam's Club, successfully carrying out the first "Yangtze River Delta Joint Enforcement" special action.
2.Represented Varia Brewing, won its first civil judgment for trademark infringement in China, and obtained an award of punitive damages.
3.Represented Universal City Studios LLC. in successfully initiating an administrative enforcement action and an administrative-criminal linkage case against a pet clothing infringer.
4.Represented a Japanese automotive lighting company in a patent invalidation proceeding and successfully maintained the validity of the patent at the Patent Reexamination Board.
5.Represented a domestic furniture company in a trademark infringement dispute with a claim of 15 million; the case ultimately concluded with a judgment awarding a smaller amount of compensation.
6.Participated in the compilation of "The Theory and Practice of Patent Inventive Step Defense".
7.Participated in a case where a domestic emerging integrated circuit company sued its former employee for invention and business secret disputes.
8.Participated in a patent infringement analysis project for a leading domestic internet group.
9.Provided legal services for a globally well-known coffee appliance brand in domestic and global patent agency and patent map; provided legal services for a domestically well-known semiconductor enterprise, a well-known domestic Gems & Jade Exchange Center, an emerging automotive EMB manufacturing company, an emerging inductive encoder technology company, and a building materials company in domestic patent agency and patent map.
10.Provided general consulting services for Universal City Studios LLC., a well-known coffee machine brand, a visual technology company, a furniture company, and a famous decoration design enterprise.
Educational Background
- Master of Laws, East China University of Political Science and Law；
Bachelor of Science, Fudan University
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