Bo Tang

Managing Associate

Bo Tang focuses his practice on intellectual property law, including patent infringement and invalidity proceedings, patent prosecution, due diligence concerning IP issues in transactions, and IP licensing, mainly involving electrical and software technologies. He specializes in a variety of technologies, including artificial intelligence, 5G NR, 4G LTE, semiconductor, autonomous driving, blockchain, digital circuits, operating systems, database systems, and electronic devices. Bo has worked extensively with companies and organizations in the United States, China, Europe, and Singapore, including a number of Fortune 500 companies. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English.

詳細

Prior to his legal career, Bo was a software engineer at a Fortune 500 company for 10 years. Prior to that, he was a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at Mississippi State University.

Selected Representations

Boviet Solar Technology Co. Ltd., Boviet Renewable Power LLC, Boviet Solar USA Ltd. and Ningbo Boway Alloy Material Co. Ltd. (collectively, Boviet) in a significant victory in a Section 337 investigation before the US ITC filed by Advanced Silicon Group Technologies, LLC asserting infringement of six patents covering complex solar power and conductive cell technology. The case went to trial in April 2022 before the Chief Judge at the ITC, and in September 2022 the administrative law judge issued a 200-page written opinion finding in favor of our clients on multiple grounds, including no infringement on all asserted patent claims, invalidity on certain asserted patent claims, and complainant not meeting the technical prong of the domestic industry. This total win helps our clients avoid a ban on the importation of a large portion of the industry’s solar products designed for clean energy.
A US mobile technology research and development company in a series of patent invalidity proceedings and associated appellate proceedings concerning standards-essential patents related to various wireless communication technologies, and obtained mostly favorable rulings
A US mobile technology research and development company in civil litigations involving fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing of standards-essential patents for wireless communications before the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Court
One of China’s largest cellular phone manufacturers in litigations involving standards-essential patents for wireless communications, including the FRAND licensing and infringement thereof, against one of Europe’s largest mobile communications equipment and service providers before various Chinese courts
One of China’s largest cellular phone manufacturers in a dispute with a Japanese non-practicing entity (NPE) involving the FRAND licensing of standards-essential patents for wireless communications
A leading European multinational naval engineering company in a patent infringement dispute against its technology licensees in China
A leading US wireless technology company on matters related to their patent portfolio, including standards-essential patents, as well as patents covering technologies such as artificial intelligence and autonomous driving
One of the best known US multinational technology companies in drafting and prosecuting hundreds of patent applications
A number of companies in IP due diligence related to investment and M&A transactions
A number of companies in legal services related to intellectual property licensing
Several fintech companies on IP related issues, including ways to protect their technologies in the areas of blockchain, AI-driven autonomous trading systems, data security, and fraud detection