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Qingchao CHEN
Partner | Patent Attorney | Lawyer
Specialized Fields
Patent Invalidation Proceedings, Patent Litigation & Unfair Competition Disputes
Qingchao focuses extensively on intellectual property legal services and dispute resolution, backed by a profound background in mechanical engineering and a wealth of practical patent experience. Following his graduation in 2007, he engaged in pre-sales and after-sales operations within the construction machinery industry, amassing a solid foundation of technical knowledge and rich industrial practice. He entered the intellectual property sector in 2010, qualified as a Patent Attorney in 2012, and currently serves as a Partner at Innotrack IP Law Firm.
Throughout his distinguished practice, Qingchao has deeply specialized in patent rights affirmation, enforcement, and dispute resolution. He has been deeply involved in handling a vast number of patent invalidation, patent reexamination, patent infringement analysis, and IP litigation cases. He possesses formidable capabilities in technical fact analysis and legal issue evaluation across high-tech sectors such as mechanical equipment, automotive manufacturing, smart terminals, and novel materials. Leveraging his unique combined expertise in technology and law, he precisely captures the core crux of disputes, formulating highly targeted IP protection and litigation strategies for clients.
To date, Qingchao has managed and participated in over a thousand patent applications, reexaminations, and invalidation cases. He has also handled extensive international IP matters via the Paris Convention and PCT pathways, developing a thorough and sophisticated understanding of the patent protection systems in countries and regions including the United States, Europe, Japan, India, Brazil, and Russia. Concurrently, he provides long-term corporate services in patent risk early-warning, infringement analysis, patent mining, and high-value patent portfolio layout, empowering enterprises to construct formidable IP competitive advantages.
His diverse corporate clientele spans automotive manufacturing, high-end equipment, energy and chemical industries, and internet technology, prominently including industry giants such as Foton Motor, BYD, Zoomlion, Sinopec Research Institute of Petroleum Processing (RIPP), Tunghsu Group, Xiaomi, and Meituan. He has repeatedly been designated as the lead counsel for clients’ major, complex, and difficult cases.
Furthermore, Qingchao remains dedicated to theoretical and practical research in intellectual property, frequently participating in professional academic seminars and publishing articles in reputable journals such as Patent Agency. He was appointed as the mentor for patent engineers at Foton Motor, passed the evaluation for Beijing’s inaugural batch of Mid-level Professional Titles for Patent Attorneys, and was selected into the Capital Intellectual Property Services Industry Faculty Pool. Relying on his rock-solid technical foundations, prolific case experience, and rigorous practice style, he continuously delivers professional and highly efficient IP dispute resolution services to his clients.
Professional Appointments and Honors
Passed the first batch of the Beijing Patent Agency Intermediate Professional Title Evaluation and appointed as an Assistant Research Fellow.
Published the article “On the Determination of the Subject Matter of Claims” in Patent Agency.
Selected as a Training Expert in the Expert Pool of the Capital Intellectual Property Services Association.
Appointed as a Training Expert in the Intellectual Property Protection Services Expert Pool of the Beijing Patent Attorneys Association.