[i] Dr. Jiang Zhipei
Senior Advisor
Emails:
judgejiang@china.com
zhipei.jiang@fangdalaw.com
Tel:
+(86101) 6505-1059
Language:
Mandarin / English
Practice Areas:
Intellectual Property(Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Anti-trust, Trade secret, and etc.)/ Civil and Common Law/ International Private Law/ Dispute Resolution/ Procedural Law/ Litigation Strategy
Practice Qualification:
Senior Legal Advisor/ CIETAC Expert for Domain Name Dispute Resolution
Education Background:
• China Renmin University, School of Law, Ph.D
• China Renmin University, School of Law, LLM
• University of Birmingham (U.K.), Senior Visiting Scholar
• John Marshall Law School (U.S.), Senior Visiting Scholar
• Temple University Law School (U.S.), Senior Visiting Scholar
• Beijing Foreign Studies College, English Major, Bachelor of Art
• Beijing Xicheng District College for Staff and Workers, English Major, Professional Training
• Beijing Management College of Politics and Law, Law Major, Professional Training
Previous and Present Positions:
Previous Positions
• First Class of Senior Judge of People Republic of China
• Member of Judicial Committee of Supreme People’s Court
• Presiding Judge of Third Civil Division (Intellectual Property Division) of Supreme People’s Court
• Chief Justice of Civil Division Involving Foreign, Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan Parties of Supreme People’s Court
• Presiding Judge of Civil Division, Vice President, Member of Judicial Committee of Beijing West District People's Court
Present Positions
• Subject Panel Judge of the State Social Sciences Fund
• Member of Expert Appraisal Committee of the State Judicial Practice
• Executive Director, Vice President of Copyright Society of China
• Director of Legal Committee in Copyright Society of China
• Executive Director of China Intellectual Property Society
• Executive Director of China Trademark Association
• Executive Director of China Law Association on Science and Technology
• Senior Member of China Pharmaceutical Association
• Vice President of Medicine Intellectual Property Committee in China Pharmaceutical Association
• Vice Director of Copyright Protection Committee in Internet Society of China
• Member of China Law Society, Former Vice President of IP Law Association in China Law Society
• Member of AIPPI, Former Vice President of AIPPI (China)
• Expert of Legal Protection Committee in China Biographical Literature Association
• Panel Judge of National Intellectual Property Strategy
• Counsel of China Intellectual Property, Columnist
• CEO of China Juridical Protection Website of Intellectual Property
• Director of Editorial Committee in China IPR Judgments and Decisions Website
• Professor in National Judges College
• Adjunct Professor in Renmin University of China Law School,and Beijing Foreign Studies University Law School
• Director and Vice President of Institute of Internet Governance and Law, BUPT
• Researcher of the Research Base of Civil and Commerce Law of Renmin University of China
• Senior Advisor of Fangda Partners (Beijing Office)
Biography
Dr. Jiang Zhipei worked from 1968. After professional training upon agriculture science and agricultural machinery in Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Dr. Jiang worked in Heilongjiang Sanjiang Qingshan farm as agrotechnician, statistician, supervisor, and etc. Dr. Jiang started to pursue his judge’s career from 1979 in Beijing West District People’s Court. He worked from court clerk, assistant judge, judge, vice presiding judge of Civil Division, to the presiding judge of Civil Division. And in 1985, Dr. Jiang was appointed as vice president of Beijing West District People’s Court. From 1990 to 1996, Dr. Jiang served as a judge and a senior judge in Civil Division of Supreme People’s Court. Dr. Jiang was appointed as assistant judge of Supreme People’s Court in January 1990. Later he was promoted to judge of Supreme People’s Court and chief judge of Civil Division involving foreign, Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan parties. In September 1993, he was promoted to deputy bureau chief level judge. In February 1995, he was promoted to vice president of IP Office of Supreme People’s Court. In October 1996, he was promoted to vice presiding judge of IP Division of Supreme People’s Court. In August 2000, he was promoted to presiding judge of Third Civil Division of Supreme People’s Court, and the same year, in October, he was nominated as member of Judicial Committee of Supreme People’s Court. Dr. Jiang was named as one of the “50 Most Influential People in IP” by Managing IP in 2004 and 2005.
Dr. Jiang represented PRC Supreme People’s court in many judicial conference and IP seminar domestically and globally, attending the activities and addressing speeches. He visited the US, Japan, EU many times for mutual exchange and investigation, leading various delegations, including Chinese judges. Dr. Jiang also met with judges, experts and businessmen from different countries and regions, including America, Germany, England, France, EU, Japan, Singapore, Korea, Thailand, India, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, representing IP Division of Supreme People’s Court and answered lots of questions concerning China justice.
After retired from court in August 2008, Dr. Jiang still contributes himself in legal education, legal propaganda, and legal services.
Publications and Legislative Activities
Dr. Jiang took part into Chinese legislation upon civil laws, IP laws, procedure laws, and commercial laws, as well as several judicial interpretations concerning civil and commercial laws. He published numerous works and papers as editor-in-chief, author or co-author, including Intellectual Property Action, Network and Electronics Commercial Law, China’s Legal Protection of Intellectual Property After WTO Entry, Guidance and Reference of Intellectual Property (Volumes 1-8), Intellectual Property Cases of the Supreme People’s Court and Their Analysis, Law Application and Juridical Interpretation of Intellectual Property, Explication to the Newly-Adapted Patent Law, Evidence in Intellectual Property Civil Trial Practice, Practice on Intellectual Property Law Application, Judicial Practice on New Knotty Patent and Trademark Cases, Judicial Protection of China Intellectual Property(2007), and Judicial Protection of China Intellectual Property(2008). He also established China Juridical Protection Website of Intellectual Property, www.chinaiprlaw.cn, in 1999.
Honorary Titles(after August 2008)
- Brilliant Contribution People in China IP Protection, 2009
- Brilliant Contribution People in Development of China IP and Quality Supervision.
Visiting and Speeches (after August 2008)
Dr. Jiang was invited to visit USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and attend International Judge Conference, INTA Annual Meeting, IP Law Seminar, and numerous professional conferences regarding pharmaceutical, electronic, manufacturing, Internet, and legal service, covering more than 100,000 kilometers and addressing speeches regarding establishment and development of China IP system.
Forums and Lectures (after August 2008)
• Gave speeches in numerous domestic forums and seminars regarding pharmaceutical, Internet, electronic, manufacturing and other IP areas.
• Attended China and Foreign Enterprises IP Summit Forum hold by EU-China Project on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights II; Gave speeches in China Copyright Annual Meeting, Global IP Summit 2010, and Judicial Protection Forum regarding National IP Strategy.
• Gave lectures on Practices and Prospects of China IP Development, Revision of Patent Law and Strategy on IP Protection in Mainland by Taiwan Enterprises, Determination on Patent Infringement and Interpretation on Patent Disputes, Knotty Problems on Justice in Technology Contract Disputes, Reformation of IP Litigation System, Legal Protection on Intangible Cultural Heritage, and China IP Disputes and Justice.
• Organized and presided INTA Seminar in China (2009), IP Protection Seminar upon Legal Liability of Internet Platform Providers, and etc.
Legislation (after August 2008)
Dr. Jiang was invited by the State Council, Supreme People’s Court, National Copyright Administration, State Intellectual Property Office, National Trademark Office and other government offices to contribute professional opinions on the drafts and revisions of Copyright Law, Patent Law, Trademark Law, and IP Customs Regulation, as well as interpretations on Patent Law and Trademark Law.
Legal Service (after 2009)
Dr. Jiang offers professional counsel service to Chinese and foreign enterprises and individuals upon development strategy, collaboration and acquisition, legal environment, litigation strategy, civil and commercial law issues, and knotty IP cases and problems.