
Dr. Shanshan Zou
Degree in optical engineering
Chinese Patent Attorney, Chinese Attorney at law
Profile
Experience
- Active in the field of industrial property law since 2005 (including 10 years of professional experience in China)
- Representing a number of well-known global companies in the information technology, telecommunications, Internet and semiconductor industries
- Extensive experience in strategically managing patent portfolios for multi-national clients
- Representation in infringement proceedings for intellectual property infringements in China
Qualification
- Bachelor's degree at Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) with a focus on precision instruments and measurement and control technology
- PhD in laser physics and physical optics at Tsinghua University
- Admission as a Chinese patent attorney (2007)
- Admission as a Chinese lawyer (2013)
- Basic training in European patent law in London (2011)
- Training as a European Patent Attorney (since 2016)
Technical specialties
- Information technologies
- Artificial Intelligence
- Optics
- Electrical engineering
- Telecommunications
- Semiconductor technologies
Legal areas
- Experience in the preparation of patent and utility model applications (CN, US, EP and PCT) including the support of the corresponding Examination procedure
- Experience in the review and disposition of patents and utility models in opposition and nullity proceedings
- Experience in patent infringement proceedings
- Experience in creating Freedom-To-Operate analyses
- Experience in the development of patent strategies and the enforcement of patent rights against patent infringers
Patent law activities
- Chinese patent law
- Chinese trademark law
Languages
- Chinese
- English
- German
Courses/Publications/Lectures
- In-house training on Chinese patent law
Interests
- Jogging
- Hiking