Tang Huadong

Introduction

Tang Huadong is a partner at Merits & Tree. Prior to joining the firm, Tang worked for China Patent Agent (HK) and King & Wood Mallesons, and obtained a senior position in patent examination at the China National Intellectual Property Administration, where he worked for many years.

Tang has more than ten years of practical experience in technical and legal services. He has focused on the medical and health sector, providing intellectual property due diligence services for many well-known investment institutions, and handling various patent applications and litigation matters on behalf of many leading companies in the industry.

Tang leads a team of professionals with experience in medicine and law, whose main members are graduates from notable universities at home and abroad. He provides professional and efficient technical and legal support for legal affairs such as intellectual property protection, investment, financing, M&A, listing and reorganisation, dispute resolution, and government compliance in the medical and health area.

Tang specialises in providing operable intellectual property protection schemes from the perspective of clients’ commercial purposes, including, but not limited to, patent strategy layout, patent mining, patent application drafting and examination, patent due diligence, patent stability analysis, freedom to operate legal opinions, patent infringement analysis, patent invalidation challenges, patent infringement litigation, trade secret protection, and the construction of intellectual property protection systems.