Tony Chen's practice focuses on patent litigation and portfolio management, technology licensing, R&D collaborations, and strategy counseling. He has advised Shanghai Pudong New Area and Suzhou BioBay on the development of biopharmaceutical industry. He co-chairs the IP subcommittee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. He is an expert member of the US – China IP Cooperation Dialogue.

Tony was trained as a molecular biologist before studying law at Harvard University. He practiced patent law in California for more than a decade where he represented a wide range of high-tech and biotech companies in patent litigation, prosecution, and licensing. He also acted as an in-house patent counsel for a leading specialty pharmaceutical company managing patent litigation, IP due diligence, and technology agreements. In addition, he co-founded a drug discovery technology company in Silicon Valley backed by leading venture capital investors from the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Since moving to China in 2004, Tony has represented multinational companies to enforce their intellectual property rights in civil and criminal actions in China and to assist them in reducing IP risks in R&D activities in China. He also has represented Chinese companies to build and procure intellectual property on a worldwide basis and has advised Shanghai and Suzhou technology parks on life science industry and intellectual property matters.

Areas of Focus

Intellectual Property

ITC Section 337

Licensing & Technology Transactions

Patent Litigation

Patent Prosecution & IP Counseling

Honors & Distinctions

Awarded by MIP Handbook as IP Star for Patent: Protection & Litigation and Patent: Trade Secrets (2013)

Recognized by Chambers Asia and Legal 500 as a leading intellectual property and life science practitioner in China

Ranked by PLC Which lawyer? (China) in the life sciences categories of: intellectual property and corporate & commercial

Highly recommended in Intellectual Asset Management magazine's IAM Licensing 250: The World's Leading Patent and Technology Licensing Practitioners (2012) for China and Hong Kong

Languages

Chinese and English

Education

Harvard University (J.D. 1993); University of Science and Technology of China (B.S. in Cell Biology 1987)

Bar Admissions

California and registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office