Kim Lu

Partner Attorney at Law Patent Attorney

Kim is an experienced practitioner in IP litigation and prosecution in China. He has extensive experience in representing domestic and foreign companies in both contentious and non-contentious matters, and has in-depth research on patent regulations in China Mainland, Taiwan, and US.

Kim's practice is focused on patent infringement and invalidation actions, patent prosecution, unfair competition litigation, antitrust litigation, etc. He handled cases or provided advises for Qualcomm (Qualcomm v. Meizu, Qualcomm v. Apple), iPEL (iPEL v. Asus, iPEL v. Extreme Networks), Immersion (Immersion v. Samsung, Immersion v. Apple), Micron, TomTom, Texas Instruments, Ericsson (Ericsson v. TCL), Dell, Resideo, Mstar (Mstar v. PRB), Honeywell, and many Fortune 500 companies.

He has legal and technical expertise in telecommunication standard-essential patent (SEP) infringement lawsuits, FRAND royalty rate determination lawsuits, antitrust lawsuits related to SEP licensing, infringement and/or validity lawsuits related to communication systems, computer software, digital cameras, electrical connectors, wireless communications, electronic circuits, optoelectronics, semiconductors, smartphones, GUI, haptic technologies, electrical appliances, and design.

Kim has published several articles in the Managing Intellectual Property and Wolters Kluwer China Law & Reference. He is among the translators of the book Janice M. Mueller’s PATENT LAW. He is also an external research supervisor of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.

kimlu@changtsi.com

+86 10 88369999

Patent Prosecution / Antitrust & Unfair Competition / Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Beijing

Practice Focus

Years with IP Matters

2007 until now

Representative Cases

Represented patent prosecution cases for Qualcomm, Broadcom, Micron, Microchip, SanDisk, Texas Instruments, ASE, TAIYO YUDEN, etc., more than 1,300 cases in total
Represented Sisvel in in FRAND-related litigation against OPPO
Represented Wi-LAN in a patent infringement case against Micron
Represented Wi-LAN in a patent invalidation case
Represented iPEL in serial patent infringement cases against Asus
Represented iPEL in several patent invalidation cases raised by Asus
Represented Mstar in a patent administrative case against PRB
Represented Resideo in a patent invalidation case
Represented Honeywell in a patent infringement case
Represented Dell in a patent invalidation case
Represented CETE in patent ownership cases
Represented Devicor in a patent administrative case against PRB
Represented Philip Morris in a patent invalidation case
Represented Moshontek in a patent infringement case
Represented an electronic product accessory manufacturer in a patent invalidation case
Represented an electronic connector manufacturer in a patent invalidation case
Represented a furniture manufacturer in a patent invalidation case
Represented several LED manufacturers in patent invalidation cases
Advised Dell in patent protection matters
Advised Qualcomm in Qualcomm v. Apple cases
Advised Qualcomm in Qualcomm v. Meizu cases
Advised Immersion re patent infringement and invalidation matters
Advised Dell in trade secret matters
Advised CETE in trade secret matters
Advised Xunlei in patent portfolio planning matters
Advised a chip manufacturer company patent portfolio planning matters
Advised a patent pool in its patent licensing negotiation

Education

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, M.S.

Shandong University, BEng (Elec).

Bar Admission

China Bar
Chinese Patent Bar

Languages

Chinese
English

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