Dr. Song Zhu focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation, procurement, and counseling. The Daily Journal named Dr. Zhu among the Top 75 Intellectual Property Lawyers in California. IAM Patent 1000 recognized him as one of the world's leading patent practitioners. He has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2020.

Dr. Zhu has prepared and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications. The patent applications involve a variety of technologies including semiconductor manufacturing, telecommunications, computer systems and software, electronic devices, renewable energy, automotive systems, and medical devices.

Dr. Zhu has represented Chinese, U.S. and European clients in litigation cases in the U.S., China and Europe. His recent cases include representing a Chinese company in trade secret litigation against its former employees in California; representing Chinese company in copyright litigation in New York; representing a Chinese company in a trademark and copyright litigation in California; representing a Chinese company in defamation and unfair competition litigation in California; representing Chinese defendants in a successful appeal of $340,000,000 judgments in the U.S.; representing a US company in a patent infringement and trade secret action in China against Chinese defendants, the US company’s recovery is the largest ever by a foreign company in China, All China Lawyers Association named the case one of the “Top Ten IP Cases of 2012;” representing a US company in a patent licensing dispute against Chinese and Taiwanese companies before Shenzhen Intermediate Court; representing a Canadian company against a US company in a patent infringement case before Jiangsu High Court; representing a US client in a patent enforcement action against several Germany- and China-based companies at a trade show in Germany; representing the same US client in infringement lawsuits filed in Germany following the enforcement action at the trade show; representing a Chinese company in a non-infringement action in China against a US company that accused the Chinese company of patent infringement; representing a Chinese company in computer software and trade secret litigation in the United States; representing a U.S. company in design infringement litigation in China against several Chinese companies.

Dr. Zhu has prepared numerous opinion letters on infringement, validity, and patentability. He has conducted dozens of due diligence reviews.

He has helped a Chinese company manage and acquire a portfolio of over 1,000 trademarks.

Dr. Zhu is Xinhuanet’s designated Overseas Copyright Expert.

He has negotiated and drafted dozens of licensing and joint research agreements.

Dr. Zhu also has arbitration practice. He was an arbitrator in an ICC arbitration.

Dr. Zhu is a frequent speaker on intellectual property protection in the United States and China and has lectured at Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley.

Mr. Tobias has more than 30 years’ experience in prosecuting patent applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He has prosecuted hundreds of US patent applications, including appeals, in the mechanical arts. Technologies on which he has worked include fields such as hydrofoils, farm equipment, automotive equipment, soldering equipment for manufacture of electronic parts, solder compositions, filtration equipment, mechanical conveyors, load handling equipment, and cameras. He has also worked on patentability searches, infringement opinions, design applications, and trademark applications.

Mr. Tobias worked as a design engineer for hydrofoils in the preliminary design department of Boeing Marine Systems in Renton, Washington and as a structural engineer for the naval architecture firm of Nickum and Spaulding Associates in Seattle, Washington.

Mr. Tobias has extensive experience as a technical translator of Japanese and has translated hundreds of Japanese patent applications into English for filing in the United States. He reads and speaks Japanese.

Professor Garris is a consultant to the firm. He is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Professor Garris has published dozens of technical papers in the areas of energy, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, combustion, and turbomachinery.

Professor Garris has received numerous awards and honors, including Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Thomas Edison Patent Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2006.

Professor Garris has served as an expert witness in more than 70 patent infringement and validity cases.

Professor Garris is the sole inventor of seven United States patents.

Since 1999, Professor Garris has been registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Julie’s the firm’s Executive Administrator and manages the firm’s global patent files. She also has trained and managed lawyers in pro bono work.