Lawyer Zhang has obtained a Master's degree in Law from China University of Political Science and Law and an LLM degree from Illinois Institute of Technology. He has been engaged in legal work for over fifteen years, possessing practical experience in both Chinese and international law firms, as well as corporate legal experience. Lawyer Zhang's practice areas cover various litigation and non-litigation legal issues in the fields of patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, domain names, corporate compliance, licensing and commercial transactions, privacy and data protection, artificial intelligence law, etc., and he has served multiple world-leading domestic and foreign enterprises.

Successful cases (partial)

 • Assisted a Chinese high-tech enterprise in obtaining tens of millions of dollars in patent infringement compensation, and maintained the validity of its patent through four patent invalidity cases and subsequent administrative litigation

 • Represented the largest state-owned petrochemical company and its affiliated companies in a trade secret infringement lawsuit filed by a certain U.S. chemical company; supported and assisted in related antitrust litigation and international arbitration

 • Represented clients in multiple independent cases involving patent infringement related to communication protocols and standards (SEP), as well as related invalidity cases; and provided clients with advice on antitrust risks

 • Represented China's largest personal computer manufacturer in a trademark administrative case, which was rated as one of the top ten innovative cases of 2012 by the Supreme People's Court

 • Represented a Chinese condiment company to prevent its bottle packaging from being deemed as infringing the three-dimensional trademark of the world's largest food manufacturer. Additionally, achieved success in the accompanying administrative trademark invalidation litigation. This case was selected as one of the 50 typical cases of national intellectual property judicial protection in 2010

 • Represented Japan's largest automaker in dozens of trademark administrative cases, and assisted in obtaining recognition of its trademarks as well-known trademarks in litigation;

 • Providing legal advice to the world's leading biopharmaceutical companies on China's drug patent linkage system

 • Assisted a global manufacturer of agriculture-related products in taking actions against over 70 patent infringers in Chinese Mainland through various legal actions, including obtaining compensation through sending C&D letters, administrative enforcement of patent infringement, customs seizure, and civil litigation

 • Assist American multinational medical device companies in preventing various infringements of their trademarks and trade names through non-judicial means such as complaints on Taobao, WeChat complaints, and MSA investigations