Name: ZHAO Jiaxiang
Professional qualification: Patent Agent
Technical Field: Design
Email:
Tel.: 010-5893 0011
Fax: 010-5893 0022
Office: Beijing
Practice Experience
Mr. ZHAO, one of the most respected examiners of Design with vice-ministerial rank, is former Director of Design Appeal Department of the Patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO.
Mr. ZHAO had played a significant role in establishing and leading the PRB since 1981. He made several key-note speeches at international forums on behalf of the Patent Office during his service and had processed a great number of influential design invalidation and reexamination cases from 1987 to 2006 when he retired.
After joining Kingsound, Mr. ZHAO was invited to give lectures on design in Japan, South Korea and many Judges Training Centers and Local Patent Offices in China.
Education and Work Experience
He graduated from BeijingFineArtsAcademy in 1967;
He worked for Beijing Arts & Crafts Corporation from 1967 to 1980;
He serviced at the PRB of the SIPO from 1981 to 2006;
He joined Kingsound in 2006.
Membership
Deputy Director of Committee of Patent for Industrial Design of ACPAA
Visiting Professor of IP Research Center of EastChinaUniversity of Political Sciences
Main Publications
Articles:
Notes for Design Patent Application
Determination of Similarity of Designs
Regarding Set Designs
On “Inventiveness” Requirement of Design
Protection of “Characters” in Design Patent Application
Invalidation of Design Patents
Protection Scope of Design Patent
Design and Its Commercial Use
Books:
Reexamination and Invalidation Design Cases