Pinghua Li

professional field

Lawyer Li Pinghua specializes in the fields of intellectual property and corporate law, with extensive experience in intellectual property litigation, corporate litigation, and other cases. He has represented many difficult and complex intellectual property litigation cases. Proficient in researching and developing litigation strategies and response plans based on clients' market goals, market position, and competitive strategies. Possess technical background in mechanical and electronic fields, with business scope covering intellectual property litigation cases in mechanical, communication, semiconductor, computer, medical, chemical, metallurgical and other technical fields.

Lawyer Li Pinghua has been providing legal services at well-known intellectual property law firms in the industry, specializing in intellectual property and corporate fields. He represents clients in patent infringement litigation, patent ownership litigation, patent invalidation administrative litigation, patent invalidation administrative procedures, trade secret litigation, technology contract litigation, trademark litigation, copyright litigation, company dispute litigation, contract dispute litigation, and other cases. He can provide clients with comprehensive professional legal services.

Before starting legal practice, I also worked in technology development at BOE Technology Group and accumulated rich experience in the field of technology.

Practice experience

Since entering the industry, Lawyer Li Pinghua has served clients including Samsung Electronics, YKK Corporation, Shimano Co., Ltd., Microchip Corporation, Strix, Pohang Iron&Steel, Meyerberg, Nvidia, Xiaomi, BOE, Sogou, Dabo Medical, Xuhong Optoelectronics, China Enfi, CIMC and other well-known domestic and foreign clients. He has accumulated hundreds of patent invalidation and litigation cases.

Typical Case

1. Representing Samsung Electronics in a series of patent infringement lawsuits filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., which involved multiple standard and non-standard patents, the two parties ultimately reached a global settlement;

2. Representing the top ranked orthopedic medical device manufacturer in China to deal with a series of five patent infringement lawsuits filed by Johnson&Johnson in the United States, handling patent litigation cases during the listing period and ensuring smooth listing for customers. In patent administrative procedures, multiple patents involved were invalidated or partially invalidated. In infringement cases, by actively providing evidence and organizing defense strategies, good litigation results were achieved for customers, which not only resolved huge litigation risks, but also continued to rapidly develop the customer's product market;

3. Representing Shimano Corporation in handling a series of patent infringement disputes with numerous infringing manufacturers, by cracking down on infringing manufacturers and maintaining the market advantage of customer products;

4. Representing YKK Corporation in handling a patent infringement dispute case with a company in Shanghai, ultimately leading to the other party agreeing to compensate and reaching a settlement with YKK Corporation:

5. Representing Microchip Corporation in handling a series of patent invalidation administrative procedures cases with Shanghai Haier Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd., which have had a significant impact on related industries;

6. On behalf of Pohang Iron and Steel, we initiated an administrative procedure to invalidate the patents of Italian companies Daniel and Kofisen Mechnizi Limited, successfully rendering the relevant patents invalid;

7. Representing Xuhong Optoelectronics Company in responding to a patent infringement case filed by its competitor Xunitsu Co., Ltd., with a target amount of over 100 million yuan, the lawsuit was invalidated through the patent invalidation administrative procedure, resulting in the court rejecting the opponent's lawsuit and resolving the huge litigation risk for the client;

8. Representing a domestic client in handling a series of shareholder disputes between companies, involving multiple complex cross disciplinary cases such as trade secret disputes, patent ownership disputes, disputes over damaging company interests, and company dissolution disputes, as well as domestic and foreign litigation, ultimately leading to a settlement between the company's shareholders;

9. Representing a US client in a lawsuit against a listed medical company to handle a technology contract dispute case, the case was rejected by the court in the second instance. After re studying and analyzing the case, actively organizing evidence, and investigating relevant criminal case evidence, the case, which had been in dispute for many years, was successfully overturned;

10. Representing a Korean electronics company in a patent infringement administrative investigation case against a domestic company, the case was successfully resolved through both the invalidation administrative procedure and the patent investigation procedure, resulting in the other party accepting a settlement in the form of compensation;

11. Representing a Hong Kong company in an international goods sales contract case brought by a domestic company, successfully overturned the case in the second instance by actively appealing and persuading the second instance court that the burden of proof should be borne by the other party, despite unfavorable circumstances in the first instance;

12. Represented a metallurgical enterprise in filing a second instance case involving product quality in a sales contract with its client. Despite the unfavorable first instance situation, the company actively provided evidence and defenses, ultimately leading to a settlement between the two parties and re establishing a trusting and cooperative relationship.