EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Heather Lin is a patent attorney and senior partner at NTD Intellectual Property
Attorneys. She joined the firm in 1994 and became a qualified patent attorney in
1996. She has received extensive IP trainings in the United States and Japan. With a
biotech background, Ms Lin represents a full range of clients, from start-ups to
multinational companies. Her practice primarily involves patent drafting and
prosecution, patent infringement and validity opinions and litigation, as well as
client counselling in IP strategic planning and portfolio management – with an
emphasis on biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. She also advises clients regarding
some China-specific IP issues such as utilization of Chinese genetic resources,
inventor remuneration and technology import & export registration/approval.
Ms Lin is actively involved in the legislative process regarding Chinese patent law
and is a frequent speaker at various IP forums and conferences, both in China and
abroad. Her most recent presentation was entitled “Post-Filing Data in
Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patents”, at the 6th ACPAA Annual Meeting & IP
Seminar on May 22, 2015.
Ms Lin was elected as a National Intellectual Property Leading Talent by the State
Intellectual Property Office of China in 2014. She has also been listed in IAM Patent
1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2015 & 2016.
SELECTED LITIGATION AND INVALIDATION CASES
Pfizer Inc. vs a Chinese pharmaceutical company, patent invalidation
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company vs a Chinese pesticide manufacturer, patent
infringement
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Contributor, China chapter of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Patents: Law and
Practice (Aspen Publishers, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2008, USA);
Author, Editor, Handbook of Best Practices in Intellectual Property Management
(Enterprise Management Publishing House, 2011)
MEMBERSHIP
All-China Patent Attorneys Association (ACPAA)
AIPPI, Council Member of China Group
Licensing Executive Society (LES)
EDUCATION
B.S., Biology, Fudan University
M. S., Genetics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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