Fish & Richardson Celebrates Opening of Shenzhen Office

Event attended by local high-level government officials, including Director-General of the Shenzhen Municipal Justice Bureau and Deputy Mayor of Nanshan District of Shenzhen

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Mar 19, 2019, 09:00 ET

SHENZHEN, China, March 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Fish & Richardson, the largest intellectual property (IP) law firm in the world, celebrated its new Shenzhen, China office with an opening ceremony attended by 100 people including local high-level government officials. In attendance were Xilin Jiang, Director-General of the Shenzhen Municipal Justice Bureau; Jiaguang Kang, Director-General of the Nanshan District Bureau of Justice in Shenzhen; Ms. Cong Lian, Deputy Mayor of the Nanshan District of Shenzhen; and Dr. Liuping Song, Chief Legal Officer at Huawei Technologies. Director-General Mr. Jiang kicked off the event with a toast to the official opening of Fish's Shenzhen office.

Fish & Richardson recently celebrated the opening of its Shenzhen, China office with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Pictured (left to right) are Jiaguang Kang, Director-General of Nanshan; Honorable Leonard Davis, Of Counsel, Fish & Richardson; Xilin Jiang, Director-General of Shenzhen Bureau of Justice; Peter Devlin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fish & Richardson; Ms. Cong Lian, Deputy Mayor of Nanshan; and Ryan McCarthy, Chief Representative of Fish & Richardson’s Office in Shenzhen.

"Fish has helped some of China's most innovative companies obtain, enforce and defend their intellectual property rights in the U.S. and Europe for many years," said Peter Devlin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fish & Richardson. "Chinese companies are creating new and cutting-edge technologies at a blistering pace. China has emerged as a true innovation powerhouse and, every year, more Chinese companies are poised to become global technology leaders."

The event featured a presentation on "Cross-Border Intellectual Property Protection" with a panel of experts discussing multi-country, cross-border IP enforcement. The panelists included: The Honorable Leonard Davis, Of Counsel at Fish and former Chief Judge of the Eastern District of Texas, where he handled over 1,700 IP cases and managed one of the busiest patent dockets in the U.S.; Emil Zhang, Deputy Director of IP Litigation at Huawei, where he has led various high-profile legal matters, including multi-national patent disputes; Dr. Nongfan Zhu, International Partner at King & Wood Mallesons, who previously was senior IP counsel for Asia Pacific at General Electric Company; and Dr. Herbert Kunz, Managing Principal of Fish's Munich office, who is a European and German patent attorney as well as a qualified European Trademark and Design Attorney. The panel was moderated by Principal David Barkan, one of Fish's senior lead counsel and trial lawyers.

Fish attorneys help Chinese companies obtain patent and trademark protection in the U.S. and Europe and represent Chinese companies in federal district and appeals courts, at the International Trade Commission and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

Fish's office is located in the China Resources Tower, No. 2666 South Keyuan Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen. Fish Principal Ryan McCarthy is the firm's Chief Representative in Shenzhen. He is joined by Yong (Eric) Peng, Ph.D. who is fluent in Mandarin and English.

Fish & Richardson, a premier global intellectual property law firm, is sought-after and trusted by the world's most innovative brands and influential technology leaders. Fish offers patent prosecution, counseling and litigation; trademark and copyright prosecution, counseling and litigation; and commercial litigation services. Our deep bench of attorneys with first-chair trial experience in every technology makes us the go-to firm for the most technically complex cases. We have an established reputation as a top-tier firm for patent portfolio planning, strategy and prosecution, as well as post-grant proceedings at the PTAB. Fish was established in 1878, and now has 13 offices and more than 400 attorneys and technology specialists in the U.S., Europe and China. Our success is rooted in our creative and inclusive culture, which values the diversity of people, experiences and perspectives. For more information, visit fr.com/china or follow us at @FishRichardson.