On April 25, the 2017 annual meeting of LES International came to a close in Paris, France. Nominated by the LES Committee, the senior partner of NTD Intellectual Property Attorneys, Christopher Shaowei will become the 2018 to 2019 Vice-Chairman of LES International. He is the first intellectual property expert from mainland China to hold this senior position, since China joined LES in 1986.
The Licensing Executives Society (LES) International is an international professional association dedicated to the research and development of licensing, the international transfer of technology and the protection of intellectual property rights. LESI now has 32 national and regional Member Societies and dozens of functional Committees with about 11000 members. Since its foundation, LES International has always kept the following aims: actively encouraging professional ability development and professional ethics improvement among individuals engaged in licensing, technology transfer and intellectual property rights protection in every member nation and region, honestly giving valuable advices and opinions to relative government divisions, and widely informing the public the knowledge of this field. Furthermore, LESI has also focused on providing professionals from various nations and regions with the opportunities of extensive academic exchanges and professional trainings, thereby making its members available to the latest academic developments and professional practical skills in this field as well as the most accurate information on technology transfer and intellectual property rights licensing.
Attorney Shaowei has been working in the patent field for nearly 30 years and has handled many complicated cases. He mainly provides legal advice and litigation service for transnational corporations in China, and international intellectual property service for Chinese enterprises. His major areas of practice related to intellectual property litigation, contract review and handling, alternative dispute resolution, business secret protection, and labor contract dispute.
Attorney Shaowei has been elected by foreign magazines as outstanding litigation attorney for years. He has received the following comments from one of his clients, a fortune 500 company:
“Christopher Shaowei from NTD is a well-respected patent litigator. Clients like his execution, pro-activeness and creativity. He consistently brings new and creative approaches to resolving our issues. These kinds of skills and acumen are so lacking and rare in typical China law firms.”
