Zheng (Jen) Liu,
an of counsel in the Silicon Valley office, is a member of the Intellectual Property Group.
Ms. Liu’s practice focuses on patent, trade secrets, and unfair competition litigation, intellectual property counseling, due diligence and technology transactions across a broad range of industries, including biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical devices, Internet and telecommunications. She advises Chinese companies on a wide range of legal issues specific to Chinese companies doing business in the United States, particularly in intellectual property, technology law, and commercial disputes. Some of the Chinese companies she has advised are Tencent, DJI, Foxit, UCWeb etc. She has also been the lead member for many patent infringement and commercial litigation cases and has argued important issues such as claim construction and examined witnesses in federal courts.
Before joining Orrick, Ms. Liu was an associate at a prominent IP litigation boutique firm, where she was involved in matters for Amgen Inc., Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc., Isis Pharmaceutical Inc., Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Lilly ICOS LLC.
Ms. Liu worked in anti-viral drug development at Johnson & Johnson between graduate school and law school, therefore understands the science and process of drug development as well as the business objectives of corporations.
Ms. Liu was born and raised in China. She has served on the Executive Committee of the Berkeley Chinese Alumni International Association and on the board of the University of Science & Technology (USTC) Alumni Association. She was also the recent former President and current board member of Chinese Lawyers' Association in the Bay Area (CALOBA). She has been active in promoting mutually beneficial legal and business relationships between the United States and China, helping Chinese law students and junior lawyers succeed in the United States, and lecturing Chinese companies and technology associations on legal issues faced by Chinese companies or professionals. She also writes articles for Chinese language publications, such as the prestigious Caijing magazine, on issues of U.S. law. She also provides pro bono legal services for victims of domestic violence.
