Jiwen Chen - Mr. Chen’s intellectual property law practice encompasses all phases of patent and trademark protection including preparation of original patent applications; patent prosecution and trademark registration; preparation of opinions on patentability, infringement and validity; client counseling; portfolio strategy and management, licensing and litigation. His working experience covers the technical areas of chemical, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, bioinformatics, medical devices, mechanical, software and other patent fields. He has conducted appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and has been involved in proceedings before the European, Canadian and Chinese Patent Offices for both U.S. and foreign clients. In addition, he conducted research on technology transfer at the National Institute of Health Office of Technology Transfer. Mr. Chen also served as a summer law clerk for the Honorable Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Mr. Chen’s international practice includes advising clients on foreign direct investment, intellectual property protection, technology transfer, corporate and international trade matters related to China. He previously worked in Washington D.C. office of a general practice U.S. law firm and Shanghai office of a Chinese law firm. He advised major U.S. companies on legal strategies for their business formation and IP protection in China in telecommunication, pharmaceutical and herbicide fields. With his training, experience and network in both U.S. and China, Mr. Chen has assisted U.S. clients with IP due diligence, application, transaction and enforcement involving China, Taiwan or Hong Kong, and assisted Chinese clients with the same issues involving the U.S. Mr. Chen has written numerous articles on intellectual property laws and practices. His article on jurisdiction over patent-law counterclaims after U.S. Supreme Court’s Holmes Group decision was published in Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property (2009, Vol. 8, No. 1). His research on effective strategies for marketing biomedical inventions was published in Journal of Medical Marketing (2005, Vol. 4, No. 5). His articles on Chinese patent and copyright laws, technology transfer and litigation were published in China Law Reporter (July 2006) and The International Lawyer (Fall 2002, Vol. 36 No. 3) of the American Bar Association, China Business Review of the U.S.-China Business Council (November 2001, Vol. 28, No. 5), University of Richmond Law School’s Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business (2001, Vol. 2, No. 61). In addition, Mr. Chen has been a frequent speaker on intellectual property protection and enforcement in U.S. and Asia. He has given speeches at the Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights in India and China organized by The George Washington University Law School and The American Society of International Law in March 2007 at Washington D.C.; the meeting on Healthcare Business Trends with China hosted by Maryland-China Business Council, Inc. in November 2006 at Baltimore, Maryland; and the Bio-Asia Conference held by Strategic Research Institute in August 2004 at San Diego, California. Mr. Chen is also a member of the Task Force of the American Bar Association advising China Intellectual Property Office on the third amendment of Chinese Patent Law in 2009. Background Born: Heilongjiang, China, 1972 Education: Tianjin University, B. Eng., Chemical Engineering; B.A., English Studies, 1995 Fudan University Law School, LL.B., with honors, 1997 George Washington University Law School, LL.M., Intellectual Property Law, scholarship recipient, 2000 Georgetown University, M.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2003 Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., Dean’s List, 2009 Member, Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property, 2008-2009 Member, Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity Bar Admissions and Qualifications: Qualified in P.R. China National Bar and Patent Bar, 1998 Admitted to New York Bar, 2001; Washington D.C. Bar, 2007 Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2002 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2001 U.S. Court of International Trade, 2001 Memberships: American Bar Association American Intellectual Property Law Association Federal Circuit Bar Association ITC Trial Lawyer Association Languages: English Chinese (Mandarin)