2022.07.27
IAM, the international authoritative intellectual property media journal, recently announced the IAM Patent 1000 - The World's Leading Patent Professionals 2022 guide. JunHe was listed among the highly recommended law firms in the China region for litigation and transactions. JunHe lawyers ZHU, Jian (James J. Zhu, Ph.D.) and WANG, Zhaohui (Zoe) were listed as outstanding individual lawyers in transactions, and WANG, Zhaolin (Johnson) was recognized as an outstanding individual lawyer in litigation.
IAM Patent 1000 is a professional patent rating guide published by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM), and it identifies the top patent companies and individuals in key jurisdictions around the globe. The directory commends JunHe’s patent team as “the best law firm for cross-border patent litigation. Its first-hand experience in patent law and in-depth understanding of science and technology are unmatched.” The JunHe patent team has more than 50 experienced patent lawyers and agents with technical backgrounds in its Shanghai, Beijing and Silicon Valley offices. From assisting clients in obtaining patent rights, to utilizing and maintaining those rights, JunHe is committed to maximizing the commercial value of patented technologies for its clients, and provides high-quality professional services to numerous domestic, foreign and high-tech enterprises. JunHe’s IP practice has been listed by Chambers, the world’s leading legal rating agency as the Top Law Firm in China’s IP practice for many consecutive years and a tier-one patent PRC law firm by Asian Legal Business (ALB) for its outstanding performance and reputation among clients.
Individuals: transactions
ZHU, Jian (James J. Zhu, Ph.D.)
Prior to joining the legal profession, Dr. ZHU, Jian (James J. Zhu, Ph.D.) was the founder and General Counsel of Antech International, a Silicon Valley-based startup, where he led its financing, legal and business development activities. He was a scientist at Merck in the early 1990s and is now the director of JunHe’s IP practice and Silicon Valley office. His background in science at the California Institute of Technology and law in Columbia make Dr. ZHU, Jian (James J. Zhu, Ph.D.) a leading patent lawyer. One journal commented, "Molecular biologist Dr ZHU, Jian (James J. Zhu, Ph.D.) is a reliable ally in the world's major pharmaceutical and life science companies ".
Dr. ZHU, Jian (James J. Zhu, Ph.D.)’s practice includes IP applications, submissions, analysis, strategy, litigation, and technology license services across a broad range of industries such as life science, biopharmaceuticals, energy, materials science, medical devices and electronics. He was a director of BayHelix and its chairman from 2008 to 2009, and a director of the Chinese Biologists Association from 2006 to 2007. In 2008, Dr. ZHU, Jian (James J. Zhu, Ph.D.) was named one of the most influential "sea turtles" in Chinese and American pharmaceutical circles by Business Week.
Individuals: transactions
Dr. WANG, Zhaohui (Zoe) holds a Ph.D. in Science from Duke University and a J.D. from Columbia University and is one of the few legal experts with a background in biology. She has extensive experience in patents, trademarks and trade secret protection in both China and the United States, in technical fields such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, chemistry, material science, medical devices, electronic and mechanical engineering, and software. Dr. WANG, Zhaohui (Zoe) has represented Chinese and foreign companies in a wide range of IP issues, such as writing and reviewing patent applications, providing world patent application strategies, establishing patent pools, and providing patent infringement and validity opinion and patent map analysis. She is experienced in areas such as Free to Operate (FTO) analysis, patentability analysis, patent due diligence, technology transfers, cooperation and licenses, trademark and trade secret protection strategies. She has also led several patent infringement litigation and patent invalidation cases and administrative litigations.
Dr. Wang Zhaohui was named an outstanding IP lawyer by Chambers Asia Pacific and was recognised as a 2020 ALB China Top 15 IP Lawyer. A client commended Dr. WANG, Zhaohui (Zoe) as being, “one of the best lawyers in China’s life science field, who has profound understanding in the area.”
Individuals: litigation
"Johnson is a patent lawyer that has specialized skills, and he has achieved good results time after time.”
Dr. WANG, Zhaolin (Johnson)'s practice involves technical fields such as machinery and electronics, communications, computers, Internet technology, semiconductors, medical devices and materials. He handles patent civil litigation, patent invalidation administrative litigation, and other technical intellectual property disputes in courts of various levels, including the Supreme People's Court. He often provides analysis and evaluation advice on enterprise patent layout, technology licenses and transactions, patent infringement risk assessment, intellectual property in-depth due diligence in corporate IPOs and mergers and acquisitions, and analysis and assessment opinions related to standard essential patent SEP and FRAND licenses.
Dr. WANG, Zhaolin (Johnson) holds an EMBA degree from China Europe International Business School and has served as an independent director of a listed company for six consecutive years. With his outstanding performance in the field of patent legal services，this is the seventh time that Dr. WANG, Zhaolin (Johnson) has been ranked in the IAM Patent 1000 - The World’s Leading Patent Professionals. Dr. WANG, Zhaolin (Johnson) was named as an “ALB China Top 15 IP Lawyer” in 2016, a recommended lawyer in 2019 by “The Legal 500 Asia Pacific China” and was ranked in the Who’s Who Legal World Patent Lawyer and China Patent Lawyer guide.
