Helen Xia > Hogan Lovells International LLP > Beijing, China > Lawyer Profile
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Helen Xia
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Partner
Career
As a partner in our Intellectual Property (IP) group, Helen Xia focuses her practice on contentious and noncontentious IP matters, involving trademarks, copyrights, patents, unfair competition, and IP licensing.
She brings in-depth experience in IP litigation, portfolio management, obtaining and enforcing intellectual property rights, and commercial licensing in a wide range of industries. Helen has strong experience in IP litigation and has represented clients in administrative, civil, and criminal IP litigation in China, including obtaining several victories for clients before China’s highest court, the Supreme People’s Court.
In addition, she has also regularly advised clients on their domestic and global IP portfolio management, developing brand protection strategies and enforcing their intellectual property rights. The clients she represents are from a wide range of industries, including construction, mining, fashion, food, multimedia, telecommunications, information technology, and entertainment.
Helen also serves as a director of Hogan Lovells (Shanghai) Intellectual Property Agency Service Co. Ltd., our China IP service affiliate, through which the firm conducts much of its IP work in China directly.
She is qualified to practice both in the People’s Republic of China and the state of New York (United States). She has obtained a bachelor’s of law (LLB) from Shandong University and a master’s of law (LLM) from Peking University. She has also obtained an LLM from the University of Michigan (United States). Prior to joining the firm, Helen worked at a boutique IP law firm in New York. Helen is a native speaker of Mandarin Chinese, and is also fluent in English.
Languages
English, Chinese
Memberships
International Trademark Association (INTA)
Education
LL.M., University of Michigan, 2005
LL.M., Peking University, 2002
LL.B., Shandong University, 1998
Lawyer Rankings
China > Intellectual property: foreign firms
(Next Generation Partners)Hogan Lovells International LLP has an impressive track record in patent linkage and term extension, as well as the protection of employee-related trade secrets, where the team is the first port of call to clients operating in the healthcare, internet and tech sectors. Furthermore, IP litigation is an area of strength thanks to the firm’s associated law firm in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone called Hogan Lovells Fidelity. Leading the team are three partners spread across China. In Beijing, the dual-qualified (China and US) head of Asia IPMT Helen Xia is an expert in IP litigation, portfolio management, obtaining and enforcing IP rights, and commercial licensing. In Shanghai, Zhen (Katie) Feng
specialises in IP disputes and brand protection work; and head of the IPMT Hong Kong team Eugene Low. Other recommended individuals include counsels Grace Guo (Beijing), whose practice ranges from trademarks and copyright to domain names, patents and trade secrets; and Yu-An Chang (Shanghai), a regular advisor to international and Chinese companies on the procurement, protection, enforcement and commercialisation of IP assets.
Lawyer Rankings
- Intellectual property: foreign firms China
- Next Generation Partners China > Intellectual property: foreign firms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Intellectual property: foreign firms
- Life sciences and healthcare: foreign firms
- Fintech: foreign firms
- TMT: foreign firms