Xia Zheng

Founder, AFD China Intellectual Property Law Office

Xia Zheng is the founder of AFD China, as well as a patent attorney, a trademark attorney and an attorney at law. She started her career in IP practice in 1987 and practises in many areas of the field, especially strategy, prosecution, post-grant proceedings and litigation.

Zheng participates actively in the industry and is recommended as a leading practitioner by numerous publications, including Managing Intellectual Property’s “IP STARS”. She was named a “national IP talent” in 2016, the Beijing Outstanding Patent Attorney of 2014 and an “excellent legal professional of Haidian” in 2012.

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Inventiveness argument from the perspective of technical problems
Featured in China: Managing the IP Lifecycle 2023
Balancing disclosure practices in China and the United States
Featured in China: Managing the IP Lifecycle 2021

Patent marking in China
Featured in China: Managing the IP Lifecycle 2019/2020
Understanding the criteria to establish trade secret rights
Featured in China: Managing the IP Lifecycle 2018/2019

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