MA Hao

Qualification:
Patent Attorney since 1994
Attorney-at-Law since 1998

Technical Field:
Computer Technology, Electrical Engineering, Automatic Control Engineering, Electronic Technology, and Semiconductor Technology

Language:
Chinese and English

Education and Training:
Bachelor of Science in Automation from Hefei Polytechnic University in 1982

Trained in a law firm in New York from October 1995 to April 1996

Professional Experience:
Joined CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office in 1992 after working in Beijing Research Institute of Automation for Machinery Industry from 1982 to 1992 as an electronics engineer

Deputy Director of Electrical Division of the firm from 1996 to 2001

Director of Patent Application Division of the firm from 2001 to 2002

Assistant President of the firm from 2002 to 2004

Vice President of the firm since 2004

Practice Area:
Mr. Ma's practice focuses on patent prosecution, reexamination, invalidation and appeal, litigation and licensing. He has extensively counseled domestic and international clients on other IP issues such as copyright, technology import and export, and border enforcement.

His primary technical specialty covers electronic and electrical engineering, including automatic control, computer software and hardware, telecommunications, microelectronics, computer peripheral devices, and general machines.

Mr. Ma has considerable experience in handling patent litigation and patent invalidation cases for foreign companies.

Publication and Presentation:
Author: Research on Wave Distortion of Hydraulic Vibrator, Environmental Condition and Testing, May 1986;

Author: IBM PC XT/AT Parallel Controller, Computer World, Aug. 1988;

Author: Computer Control in Airplane Fuel Tank Vibration Testing Hydraulic Servo System, Hydraulic and Pneumatic, April 1990;

Author: Doctrine of Equivalents in the US Patent Practice, Patent Law Research, 1996;

Author: Judgments on Patentability of Patent Applications Containing Computer Programs and the Claim Drafting thereof, Patent Law Research, 1997;

Co-Author: Trade Secret - Questions and Answers to Chinese Small and Medium Enterprises; Enterprise Management Publishing House, 2001

Co-Author: Practice on Patent Infringement Determination, Law Press, 2002;

Co-Author: Patent Agent Practice, China Intellectual Property Press, 2002;

Presentation: Patent Enforcement in China, The 3rd Trilateral Cooperation Meeting of KPAA, JPAA and ACPAA, Seoul, Korea, March 2005;

Presentation: Patent Litigation in China, 3rd ILT Forum: Patent Procurement, Licensing and Litigation in China, San Francisco, the United States of America, January 2006;

Presentation: Patent Enforcement in China, Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association, Pittsburgh, the United States of America, January 2006.

Professional Affiliation:
A Standing Council Member of China Intellectual Property Society

A Council Member of All China Patent Agents Association

Member of Chinese Group of AIPPI٬LES China, and Chinese Association of Copyright

Arbitrator for China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission