Areas of Practice
Song Xinyue specialises in intellectual property litigation and dispute resolution in such areas as patents, trade secrets, technology-related anti-trust and unfair competition. Mr. Song also advises clients on IP transactions, licensing, business negotiations and due diligence.
Mr. Song has the solid technical background, legal expertise and rich trial experience in dealing with patent infringement litigation and invalidation, trade secret infringement and anti-monopoly cases, especially in the sectors of chemical engineering, pharmaceuticals, new materials and energy. The Huahan Technology Co, Ltd. and Beijing Sihuan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. patent cases he represented were selected as the Supreme People's Court's annual typical IP cases in 2012 and 2018, respectively, and the Statens Serum Institut biological sequence patent case was selected among the 2016 Top 10 IP Cases in Guangdong.
Work Experience
Mr. Song Xinyue joined King & Wood Mallesons in 2010 after working as a patent attorney at another law firm for more than five years (2005-2010).
Mr. Song received his Bachelor's Degree and Doctor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from Tsinghua University (2005). He obtained his LL.M. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2015.
Mr. Song was admitted as a patent attorney in 2006 and as an attorney-at-law in 2008.
Mr. Song is fluent in both Chinese and English.