Tony Chen

Legal Counsel, Jones Day Law Firm, Shanghai Representative

Tony has thirteen years of experience working with hi-tech and biotech companies in the United States and in China. His practice focuses on patent prosecution and litigation, technology transfer, and formation of technology start-ups. Tony is a member of the California Bar and is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In 2000, he founded a biotechnology company in Silicon Valley to develop technologies for drug discovery with the support of venture capital investors in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

In China, Tony Chen has represented multinational companies to enforce their intellectual property rights in civil actions and through criminal sanctions. He has also represented Chinese companies to build and acquire intellectual property on a worldwide basis. Furthermore, he consults Shanghai government on life science industry and intellectual property matters.

Tony received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his bachelor’s degree in Cell Biology from the University of Science and Technology of China.

His recent publications include: "Keeping China Healthy," The China Business Review, November–December 2004; "Crackdown on IPR Bandits," Financial Times, 8 September 2004; "ITC Investigation," Asian Counsel, July/August 2004; and "Western ways, good and bad," Financial Times, 21 July 2004.