Founder
Patent Attorney, Attorney-at-Law
Xia Zheng is the founder of AFD China Intellectual Property Law Office. She has worked in the intellectual property field for more than thirty years and has been actively involved in IP prosecution, post-grant proceedings, enforcement & litigation, and strategic counseling. In 2011, Xia further expanded her focus and founded Beijing BHTD Law Firm as the litigation arm of AFD. Under her leadership, the two firms work seamlessly across practices to provide comprehensive advice that leads to innovative and advantageous results for our clients.
Xia has successfully assisted clients, from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, in securing IP assets and protecting IP rights. She has obtained honors including the titles of National IP Talent, Long-term Contribution Award for China's Patent and Intellectual Property, a patron winner of the Outstanding Patent Attorney Awards, an advisor to local innovation and entrepreneurship programs, IAM Patent 1000's world leading patent professional, Asia IP Expert, and Managing IP magazine's IP Star. Xia represents clients in various industries, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, materials engineering, medical devices, vehicle products, semiconductors, telecommunications, computer technology, mechanical engineering, footwear and garments, food and beverage industry, household products, and more.
Xia’s academic pursuit of a Chemistry degree at university and a Master of Engineering at a graduate school in China, and her further study in organic chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Illinois where she passed doctoral qualification examination and obtained a Master of Science, coupled with her research experience respectively in an research institute and Human Genome Sciences (USA), her further pursuit of a Master’s degree in Intellectual Property from Franklin Pierce Law School of the University of New Hampshire, her training at an IP Institute, the China Intellectual Property Training Center, the All-China Patent Attorneys Association, Legal Training Centers and the China Copyright Protection Center, and her IP working experience as patent manager, patent attorney, trademark attorney, department head, general director assistant, director and partner in enterprises and IP firms respectively, have all laid a solid foundation for her outstanding professional performance in intellectual property practice and management, as well as for her excellent communication and cooperation with clients.
Membership
- All-China Patent Attorneys Association
- All China Lawyers Association
- China Trademark Association
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Licensing Executive Society (LES)
- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
