PRACTICE AREAS
DR. FANG QI’S PRIMARY PRACTICE AREAS COVER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY‐RELATED TRANSACTION AND LITIGATION, AND ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Dr. Fang Qi has extensive experience working with pharmaceutical, software, telecommunication, petrochemical and manufacturing companies. Fang’s work focuses on assisting the clients in protecting their technical know-how and inventions, navigating regulatory compliance requirements, and defending claims of intellectual property infringement. Fang has represented clients in all stages of patent, trade secret, trademark and antitrust litigations. Fang is a frequent speaker on various intellectual property and antitrust issues and co-author of the treatise “Intellectual Property Rights in China” (Westlaw, Business Laws of China, 2011).

Fang graduated from the Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and an article editor of the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review. Prior to joining Fangda Partners, he worked at an international law firm in New York.

Education
Columbia University School of Law, J.D.
City University of New York, Ph.D., Biochemistry
Peking University, B.S.

Professional Qualifications
Bar qualifications before SIPO and USPTO, and in China and the State of New York.

Representative Matters
Defended Watson Pharmaceuticals in a patent infringement case against Eli Lilly before the Jiangsu High Court and the Supreme Court.
Advised a leading pharmaceutical company on a multi-front strategy for protection of its patented drug in China against generic competitors, involving both the SFDA review process and patent invalidation and infringement proceedings.
Represented Sucampo Pharmaceuticals to defend the validity of its patent in a patent invalidation proceeding.
Represented a leading petrochemical company against its former collaborator in China for trade secret misappropriation that involves one of the largest damage claims in civil intellectual property litigations.
Represented a multinational chemical company against local competitors for trade secret misappropriation covering the entire production process for certain chemical product.
Represented InterDigital in a series of antimonopoly civil litigations filed in China concerning the license of patent portfolio essential for certain telecommunication standards.
Represented Power Integrations against a leading semiconductor manufacturer concerning invention patents over power control devices before the Jiangsu High Court.
Represented the basketball legend Mr. Michael Jordan in a series of litigations against Qiaodan Sports Company for its registration and use of Mr. Jordan’s name and image as trademarks.
Represented Tesla Motors, Inc. to successfully recover the right to use “Tesla” trademark in China against the trademark squatter that registered the same trademark.

Selected Publications
Understanding the Courts’ Approach to Trade Secret Cases, 《China Law & Practice》,January, 2016
SEP Lessons Learned From Huawei v. ZTE, Fan Guo and Fang Qi, 《China Law &Practice》, August, 2015
China: Antitrust Litigation, Fang Qi, 《The Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review》, 2015
The Pains of Judicial Reform, Fang Qi, 《China Law & Practice》, September, 2014
Consideration of Economic Evidence by Chinese Courts in Antitrust Litigation, Fang Qi, Yan Luo and Marshall Yan, 《Competition Policy International》, February, 2014
China: Antitrust Litigation, Fang Qi, 《The Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review》, 2014
Courts Get Tough on Resale Price Maintenance, Fang Qi & Haiyan Tao, 《China Law & Practice》, September, 2013
Failing to Define the Relevant Market, Fang Qi, 《China Law & Practice》, July, 2013
Curbing Damage Awards, Fang Qi, 《China Law & Practice》, March, 2013
Prior Art Defense in Patent Litigation: A Legal Quagmire? Fang Qi, 《China Law & Practice》, January, 2012