Areas of Practice

Ms. Xu graduated from prestigious domestic and foreign universities and has an academic background in both engineering and law. She is specialized in intellectual property, trade secrets and contract law.

She is adept at handling patent applications, patent infringement litigations, patent rights protection, patent invalidations, administrative cases and subsequent procedures, analysing patent infringement risks and patent protection strategies, and consulting on all patent-related issues. Her clients cover a broad range of fields such as machinery, electronics, communications, materials, metallurgy, automotive and medical equipment. With her abundant experience, solid expertise and excellent litigation skills, she is highly recognized by clients. Several of her cases have been selected as leading annual IP cases by the Supreme People’s Court.

Ms. Xu has counseled a number of Fortune Global 500 companies. These companies include Midea, Toyota, DaimlerChrysler, Smoby, IBM, Nestle, Caterpillar, BASF, IBM, Alcoa, John Deere, Thule, Toshiba, YKK, Epson, Suntory, Toyota, Samsung and others.

Ms. Xu has successively worked for several leading IP agencies and law firms. She joined Lifang & Partners as a Partner working with the patent litigation team in 2017.

Professional Affiliations

Member of All China Lawyers Association

Member of Beijing Lawyers Association

Member of All-China Patent Agents Association

Publications/Speeches

Journal of the Legal system and Society, Social Commonality of Economic Law, 2008 (1)

Comments and Recommendations on Foreign-related Cases, contributor and translator, China Law Press, 2010

Selected FRAND Cases, contributor and translator, Science Press, 2018

Selected FRAND Articles, contributor and translator, Intellectual Property Publishing House, 2019

On the Jurisdiction over the Infringement of Offering for Sale Infringing Products on Social Media Platforms, Wolters Kluwer

On the Disclosure System for Standard Essential Patents, Zhichanli

Thoughts on Determination of Damages Based on Royalties in Standard Essential Patent Infringement Disputes – Comments on IWNCOMM v. Sony, LexisNexis

How to Protect Technical Secrets from Knockoff Infringement, LexisNexis

Education

LLM, Intellectual Property Law, Boston University

LLM, Economic Law, Peking University

LLB, Intellectual Property Law, Peking University

BEng, Precision Instrument and Control Technology, Tsinghua University

Qualifications

China Licensed Lawyer

China Licensed Patent Attorney

Working Languages

Mandarin Chinese

English