A view from China with the IP Attaché

Daniel Chew, CIPA Past President, Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP

As well as being one of the industry’s top mobile and communications technologies experts, Daniel is the driving force behind HLK’s success in Asia. Being a fluent Mandarin speaker and frequent visitor to Asia, Daniel has taken the role of Head of Asia Group and led the firm’s  presence in Asia from strength to strength. It is largely thanks to Daniel’s hard work and strategic thinking that HLK now represents the largest EPO filer in Taiwan and a number of top ten EPO filers in China. Daniel enjoys visiting clients and attending events, as he finds that this is the best way for him to listen to and fully understand each of his client’s needs in order to provide them global strategic IP advice.

On a higher level, Daniel has been involved in joint missions with patent offices in promoting the IP profession and IP protection in Europe through various overseas visits to Asian countries as well as the USA. In the last couple of years, Daniel also led the Asia Group and hosted delegations from the Shanghai Pudong New Area IP Administration in their visits to Germany and the UK. More significantly, Daniel was invited to be the keynote speaker at an Intellectual Property International Forum which was part of China’s First International Import Expo.

Daniel has been an active member of the CIPA Council for the last four years and has been a member of CIPA’s International Liaison Committee, chairing the China Working Group, for a number of years.  A leading European Patent Attorney with nearly 20 years’ experience in private practice, Daniel is also recognised as a future leader of the IP profession in the UK. In January 2022, he was appointed Vice-President of CIPA, and as President with effect from 1 January 2023.

Samuel Stone

Samuel and his team in Beijing and Shanghai support UK companies with IP-related issues, particularly enforcement, while also collaborating with Chinese government agencies to share UK expertise. Their work is part of the UK IPO’s broader engagement with China, including the annual UK-China IP Symposium and technical exchanges. Previously, Samuel worked at the Department for International Trade on trade policy and market access in China and Hong Kong, coordinating with diplomatic missions, government departments, industry, and Chinese counterparts to enhance trade and investment. His Civil Service career also includes roles in energy policy, tax policy, EU-exit preparations, and infrastructure projects.

Max Jiang

Based in Shanghai, Max joined the China Attaché team of the UK Intellectual Property Office in August 2018. He leads the Attaché team’s business-focused activities, briefs British stakeholders on the IP landscape in China, and provides strategic one-to-one IP advice.
Before joining the UK Intellectual Property Office, Max worked at the Department for International Trade as Senior Trade and Investment Officer for the Retail and Consumer sector.