Mr. He has 25 years’ experience in handling IP litigation, antitrust, policy advocacy and compliance matters. He started his legal career as a patent attorney in Silicon Valley and spent about 9 years in a major international law firm before developing his private practice in China. He successfully guided clients on many complex China legal matters, including FRAND rate setting, injunctive relief in chemical patent litigations, live sports broadcast, bad faith trademark litigations, major licensing transactions in semiconductor and wireless communications. Major industrial associations often consult with him on China legal and policy matters. Mr. He was selected as Recommended Intellectual Property Lawyer by Chambers Asia-Pacific, Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal, WTR 1000, Benchmark Litigation, ALB, Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars, IAM Patent 1000, IAM Strategy 300 and Global Leaders, and the Client Choice Awards by Lexology.

Mr. He is passionate about making policy changes and contributing to legal environment in China. He was the key consultant conducting a U.S.-China Intellectual Property Dialogue where top U.S. and China experts convene and deliver roadmap documents for China intellectual property reforms. He also leads the policy programs as the executive director of Beijing Zhongguancun (ZGC) Intellectual Property Strategy Research Institute.

Mr. He has been actively contributing leadership in education and legal professions and is also involved in multiple charity programs related to environment, rural education and art. Mr. He is the appointed advisor for LL.M program at Peking University School of IP and an adjunct professor in Nanjing Normal University. Mr. He is on the Executive Council of China IP Law Society. He also serves on Penn State Dickinson Law Innovation IP Initiative Advisory Board, Notre Dame Law Association Board and Asia Co-chair of Global Intellectual Property Alliance. 

Mr. He is admitted to the State Bar of California and PRC. He graduated from University of Notre Dame with his Juris Doctor in 2000 and obtained his LLB and B.Sc from Peking University in 1997. 

Executive director, Zhongguancun Intellectual Property Strategy Research Institute

Advisor for LL.M program at Peking University School of IP

Secretary General of Sports IP Committee of China IP Law Society

Recommended Intellectual Property Lawyer - Chambers The Great China Region

IP Stars - Managing Intellectual Property

Recommended Intellectual Property Lawyer - Chambers Asia-Pacific

Recommended Intellectual Property Lawyer - Legal 500

Leading Intellectual Property Individual - Legalband

Leading Lawyer for the Practice Area in Intellectual Property - Asialaw

The World's Leading Trademark Professionals - World Trademark Review

Recommended Individuals in Litigation and Transactions - IAM Patent 1000

IAM Strategy 300 and Global Leaders

Client Choice Awards by Lexology

China's Top 100 Lawyers - China Business Law Journal

Nominated as a Dispute resolution star in Intellectual property - Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific

• Represented major patent owners in wireless communicator area in handling FRAND rate setting cases;

• Represented a leading Japanese IT company in managing its cross-border litigation against a major Chinese IT company and successfully negotiated a favourable settlement;

• Represented Honeywell in securing preliminary injunction against a chemical factory in Shandong province;

• Represented Nichia (Nobel prize winner company) against Everlight in major LED patent litigations;

• Represented Universal Park & Resorts in a major licensing transaction;

• Represented a major US sport league in live sports broadcast cases;

• Represented a major consumer electronics company in evaluating a large U.S. patent portfolio for purchasing;

• Currently advising a major patent monetization company in negotiation with potential Chinese partners;

• Represented major electronic companies in working with Chinese associations to set up patent pools;

• Represented major licensing companies handling antitrust regulator's investigation involving significant amount of FRAND licensing issues;

• Represented a major Japanese IT company in pursuing patent infringement matter against a Taiwan entity in tablet display field;

• Successfully invalidated Chinese companies' patents in front of Patent Review Board on behalf of a major U.S. computer peripheral company;

• Represented a major Japanese company in obtaining groundbreaking judgments in its patent enforcement, including preliminary injunctions and recovery of high levels of damages against infringers. One of the cases was recognized as a “Top 10 Case” by the Supreme People's Court in 2006;

• Represented a prestigious French luxury fashion group in successfully striking down multiple “junkie design patents”. The results directly caused legislative changes to the current patent law;

• Advised a major European electrical component company in patent infringement, product liability and unfair competition cases over the last five years.