Practice Expertise
- Artificial Intelligence
- Intellectual Property
Areas of Practice
- Artificial Intelligence
- Intellectual Property
Profile
Business and finance savvy cross-border patent portfolio and litigation counsel
Lu Yin is an experienced intellectual property (IP) lawyer who helps startup companies obtain their first patents and assists large companies in improving their patent portfolios. A former patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), in-house IP attorney and counsel at a global Am Law 100 firm, Lu has a deep and unique understanding of IP strategies. He focuses on:
Patent prosecution
Technology transactions and licensing
IP enforcement
IP litigation
Lu has served in leadership positions at startup companies and is familiar with securing venture capital funding, creating joint venture structures, negotiating with suppliers and customers and, of course, devising IP strategies. Using his insider knowledge of the USPTO, Lu persuades patent examiners to secure important patents for his clients. Combining his business acumen and legal expertise, he helps companies accomplish their strategic objectives in creative ways.
Admitted in California. Not Admitted in Colorado.
Lu Yin is an experienced intellectual property (IP) lawyer who helps startup companies obtain their first patents and assists large companies in improving their patent portfolios. A former patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), in-house IP attorney and counsel at a global Am Law 100 firm, Lu has a deep and unique understanding of IP strategies. He focuses on:
Patent prosecution
Technology transactions and licensing
IP enforcement
IP litigation
Lu has served in leadership positions at startup companies and is familiar with securing venture capital funding, creating joint venture structures, negotiating with suppliers and customers and, of course, devising IP strategies. Using his insider knowledge of the USPTO, Lu persuades patent examiners to secure important patents for his clients. Combining his business acumen and legal expertise, he helps companies accomplish their strategic objectives in creative ways.
Admitted in California. Not Admitted in Colorado.
Bar Admissions
California U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Education
Harvard Law School (J.D., 2005)
The University of Texas at Austin (B.S., 2001)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Areas of Practice
- Artificial Intelligence
- Intellectual Property
Professional Career
Articles
"Enforcing IP Rights in the Chinese E-Commerce Marketplace" Lu Yin Authors IPWatchdog Article About Protecting Patent Claims for AI Technologies Lu Yin Co-Authors IPWatchdog Article About Effects of China's New Patent Laws Lu Yin Co-Authors Westlaw Today Article About How Foreign Companies Should Approach Chinese Patent Law Lu Yin Discusses Strategies for Overcoming AI Patent Rejections in Bloomberg Law Article Lu Yin Explains in Law360 Article Why Delaying Patent Prosecution Can Offer Strategic Benefits
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