Mr. Lu is a senior practicing lawyer and qualified patent attorney with 17 years of professional experience. His practice spans intellectual property, criminal defense, civil and commercial dispute resolution, and corporate affairs. He serves as legal counsel for numerous high-tech enterprises and has represented leading domestic IT giants in contract arbitration disputes.

In the field of intellectual property, his focus covers patent litigation, patent invalidation, trade secret protection and dispute resolution, technology contract disputes, trademark prosecution and enforcement, and unfair competition litigation. Over his career, he has handled over 1,000 IP prosecution and authorization cases, and nearly 100 high-stakes IP infringement lawsuits, administrative adjudication cases, patent invalidation proceedings, Standard Essential Patent (SEP) infringement and royalty disputes, trademark administrative cases, and technology contract disputes.

Beyond IP practice, he has extensive experience in economic criminal defense. He has successfully secured bail pending investigation for an entrepreneur suspected of fraud through not-guilty defense, and obtained the same result for an IT technical expert suspected of false litigation, along with handling a large volume of other economic criminal cases.

Professional Fields

• Intellectual Property

• Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution

• Criminal Defense

• Corporate Affairs

Industry Sectors

• Information and Intelligent Technology

• Telecommunications and Internet

• Automotive and New Energy

• Healthcare and Life Sciences

• Off-Campus Practice Mentor, Faculty of Humanities, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Intellectual Property Civil Litigation

• Represented a European telecommunications SEP pool in royalty disputes against a domestic telecommunications equipment manufacturer, involving a portfolio of over 1,000 patent families.

• Represented a Shaanxi-based power equipment manufacturer in a patent infringement lawsuit with a claim of over RMB 23 million, securing a full victory with a non-infringement ruling.

• Represented a Jiangsu machinery company in trade secret infringement disputes against its former employees and affiliated entities.

• Represented a Liaoning power grid company in a series of patent ownership disputes against former employees and related entities, with a successful outcome.

• Represented multiple large-scale machinery and electronics enterprises in patent ownership disputes against former employees and affiliated companies, including a research institute under China Electronics Technology Group Corporation.

• Represented a Delaware-based patent owner in patent infringement litigation against a Fortune 500 US semiconductor manufacturer.

• Represented a Fortune 500 US computer manufacturer in multiple patent infringement cases against a Guangdong-based Fortune 500 manufacturing giant (involving claims exceeding RMB 6 million), and facilitated a global settlement of the cross-border disputes.

• Represented a Beijing smart hardware manufacturer in a patent infringement case involving an interim injunction against a Guangdong-based Fortune 500 smart device maker, successfully facilitating a settlement between the parties.

• Advised Qualcomm on infringement and invalidation strategies in its series of patent disputes with Apple.

• Represented a US smart home product manufacturer in patent litigation and invalidation proceedings against a US Patent Asserting Entity, leading to a favorable settlement.

• Represented Honeywell in patent infringement litigation against a US Patent Asserting Entity, forcing the claimant to withdraw the case.

• Represented a US patent pool in patent infringement disputes against a US network equipment manufacturer.

Intellectual Property Administrative Disputes & Litigation

• Represented a Shaanxi power equipment manufacturer in a series of patent invalidation cases, successfully maintaining the validity of 17 out of 19 patents in suit.

• Advised Air China on patent ownership disputes with its overseas suppliers.

• Handled numerous trademark administrative cases including refusal review, cancellation review, and invalidation proceedings for clients across telecommunications, leather goods, and petrochemical industries, as well as a globally renowned communications technology company.

• Represented a Delaware-based patent owner in patent invalidation and related administrative litigation against a Fortune 500 US semiconductor manufacturer.

• Represented a Fortune 500 US computer manufacturer in multiple patent invalidation cases against a Guangdong-based Fortune 500 manufacturing giant.

• Represented a US patent pool in a series of patent invalidation cases against ASUS, covering technologies in network communications, smart devices, and cloud computing.

• Advised Qualcomm on invalidation strategies in its patent disputes with Meizu.

• Advised Immersion on patent invalidation strategies in its disputes with Apple.

• Represented a US e-cigarette manufacturer in a design patent invalidation case, successfully invalidating the opposing party’s patent.

• Represented a US medical product company in patent invalidation administrative litigation.

• Represented a Guangdong enterprise in patent invalidation proceedings against a French electronic connector manufacturer, leading to a settlement between the parties.

• Handled second-instance patent invalidation administrative litigation for Taiwan-funded and domestic enterprises in optoelectronics, alloy manufacturing, and machinery sectors, successfully upholding patent validity for a large Shandong machinery manufacturer.

Intellectual Property Non-Litigation Services

• Delivered Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) analysis reports for multiple R&D projects of biotech chip and semiconductor enterprises under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

• Commissioned by a Fortune 500 US network equipment manufacturer to assess the litigation prospects of over 30 patents covering network storage, mobile communications, and cloud computing against a communications equipment supplier.

• Provided patent and trademark portfolio strategy consulting, as well as copyright infringement advisory services for semiconductor enterprises under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

• Provided patent invalidation strategy recommendations for a listed domestic shared bicycle company.

• Handled over 1,300 patent prosecution and reexamination cases for multinational enterprises including Qualcomm, Broadcom, Texas Instruments, Micron, Microchip, SanDisk, TomTom, TSMC, ASE Group, and Taiyo Yuden.

Corporate Counsel

• Served as special counsel for IP and corporate affairs for a Beijing online game company, a CAS-affiliated chip manufacturer, and a Hangzhou AI technology company.

• Represented a leading Hangzhou IT enterprise in a technology contract dispute arbitration case against a software developer.

• Provided legal advisory services on technology contract disputes for semiconductor enterprises under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Criminal Defense

• Defended a private entrepreneur in Guangdong Province suspected of fraud, successfully securing bail pending investigation.

• Defended an R&D professional suspected of false litigation, successfully securing bail pending investigation.

• Defended clients in cases involving counterfeiting of registered trademarks and sale of counterfeit registered trademark goods for private enterprises in Shandong Province.

• Discussion on the Legality of Electronic Data Evidence Collection in Trade Secret Rights Protection, Frontiers of Intellectual Property, June 2026

• Breaking the Deadlock Through Related Charges: The Circuitous Filing Strategy in Trade Secret Rights Protection, Frontiers of Intellectual Property, June 2026