Qualification:
Trademark Attorney since 1992
Language:
Chinese and English
Education and Training:
LLM in Intellectual Property Law from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2002, New York, USA
Received training of American Trademark Law and Practice in Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch LLP in April, 2000, Washington D.C., USA
Interned at Pennie & Edmonds LLP from 1996-1997, New York, USA
Bachelor of Arts in English Language from English College, Beijing Foreign Studies University in 1991, Beijing, China
Professional Experience:
Joined CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office in 1992, Vice Director
Worked with the New York Office of the firm from 1999 to 2001
Practice Area:
Mr. Guizeng (Wayne) Liu is a senior Chinese trademark specialist and practitioner, and his expertise and practice are focused on trademark related areas, such as trademark design strategy, trademark identification, trademark prosecution such as opposition, review, cancellation, etc., administrative enforcement via AIC, domain name protection, licensing, well-known trademark recognition and protection, and other trademark related matters.
Publication and Presentation:
Author: Legal Understanding of Protection of Well-known Mark against Dilution in Trademark Administrative Litigation, Electronics Intellectual Property, Issue No. 235, April, 2011
Author: Non-use Cancellation Attack and Defense: A Further Probe into Application of Law and Evidences with Concurrent Comment on the Redbull Case, China Trademark, Issue No. 164, April, 2011
Author: Protection of China Time-honored Brands as Trademarks, Intellectual Property Management Review, Issue 91, March, 2011
Author: Trademark Search: Strategy and Tactics for Filing and Use of Your Trademarks, China Trademark, Issue No. 160, December, 2010
Author: Legal Probe into New Evidences in Administrative Litigation of Trademark Review of Refusal Cases, China Trademark, Volume 9, September 2009
Author: Revision and Thoughts on Recognition of Well-known Mark in YSL Opposition Case, China Trademark, Volume 6, June 2009
Author: Legal Issues on EMINENCE Opposition Case, China Intellectual Property News, Issue 1036, May 8, 2009 Author: Ferrero's Golden Packaging: Judgment on Unfair Competition Law by the Supreme people's Court, China Trademark, Volume 3, March of 2009
Author: Prohibition of Unfair Competition in Filing Trademark Application via Opposition Procedures, China Trademark, Volume 1, January 2009
Author: ˇ¶Lost in Translationˇ·, IP Focus China 7th Edition, Managing Intellectual Property, January 2009
Author: Legal Issues concerning Trademark Pledge and Recordation, China Intellectual Property News, Issue 954, June 27, 2008
Author: Key Amendment to Chinese Trademark Law Coming Soon, January/February 2008 World Trademark Review
Co-Author with Frederick Meyers of Ladas & Parry: Merely Descriptive and Generic: Cases and Practice in American Trademark Examination and Trial, China Trademark, Volume 1, January 1, 2008
Author: US Judicial Practice: A Trademark Is Granted the Right to Merchandise in Application of Meta Tag, Second Award, 2005-2006 China National Soliciting Essays on Intellectual Property Right by SIPO Academic Committee, China IP Research Institute and Patent Committee of China IP Research Institute. IP Theory and Practice- A Collection of Awardees' Essays for 2005-2006 China National Soliciting Essays on Intellectual Property Right, June 2006.
Author: Some Special Regulations on Trademark Protection under Madrid Systems in the US, American Law Journal, Volume 2, August 2005
Translation: The Madrid Protocol - Sea Change or Tempest in a Teapot, American Law Journal, Volume 2, August 2005
Author: The Madrid Protocol - Sea Change or Tempest in a Teapot, American Law Journal, Volume 2, August 2005
Author: Strategies and Tactics of Corporate Brand Protection in Process of Internationalization, China Intellectual Property News, May 25, 2005
Author: Analysis of Conflicts of Trademark Rights in Application of Meta Tag under US Law, Intellectual Property, Volume 3, May 2005
Author: Issues of Civil Judicial Protection of Trademark Right, China Trademark, Volume 3, March 2005
Author: How to Protect IP in Cyberspace, China IP Focus 2005 by Managing Intellectual Property, January 2005
Author: Trademark and the Internet: A Comparative Analysis of Conflict in the Context of Meta Tag, American Law Journal, Volume 2, August 2004
Academic Activities:
Presentation: Chinese Trademark Registration and Protection, Seminar by CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office, Munich, Germany, September 2009
Presentation: Conflicts between Well-known Mark and Enterprise Name and Domain Name, LES, Chicago, May , 2008
Presentation: Well-known Trademark Recognition and Protection in China, China Information and Technology & Law Centre at the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law and the Intellectual Property & Communication Law Program at Michigan State University College of Law, Hong Kong SAR, December 2005
Presentation: Strategy for Enterprise Branding Protection in Process of Globalization, China Federation of Industrial Economics, Beijing, China, April 2005
China Trademark Registration and Protection Mechanism, ALB IN-HOUSE COUNSEL SUMMIT, Beijing, China, November 2004
Presentation: Recent Amendment to China Trademark Law, US-China Lawyers' Society, New York, USA, June 2002
Presentation: Trademark Application and Protection in China, American Intellectual Property law Association, Pittsburgh, USA, May 2000
Presentation: Some Issues of Chinese Trademark Law, Stern Business School, New York University, New York, USA, April 1997
Professional Affiliation:
Guest professor by the School of Law, Beijing Foreign Studies University in 2009
Member of Expert Committee of China Time-Honored Brands of Ministry of Commerce
Member of LES China
Member of AIPPI China
