Patent attorneyLu Zhang

Main areas of activity:

  • Development and implementation of international IP strategies
  • Advising German and Chinese companies on intellectual property law
  • Employee inventions
  • Licence and collaboration agreements
  • IP audits

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Engineering as part of an international bachelor’s degree programme in Electrical Engineering, specialising in automation technology, at Shanghai University of Technology and Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
  • Compulsory work placement and bachelor’s thesis at Philips Medical Systems in Hamburg from October 2012 to June 2013
  • Master of Science in Electromobility, specialising in electric drive technology, at the University of Stuttgart
  • Research work at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO, focusing on the international analysis of patent data and innovation activities in the field of the Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Training as a European Patent Attorney in the central patent department of Robert Bosch GmbH
  • European Patent Attorney (qualified European representative) since September 2021
  • Worked in the field of patent litigation at an international commercial law firm in Düsseldorf from February 2022 to March 2023, specialising in patent infringement and invalidity proceedings in the field of mobile communications technology
  • Lead IP at PowerCo SE from April 2023 to March 2025, responsible for establishing the patent and trade mark function and for developing and implementing a company-wide IP strategy; since April 2025, self-employed in the field of intellectual property, with a particular focus on advising on technical inventions in the fields of electrical engineering and electronics
  • German patent attorney since July 2026
  • Languages: Chinese, German and English

Authorizations to represent clients before:

  • the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA),
  • the Federal Patent Court (BPatG),
  • the European Patent Office (EPO)

Memberships:

  • German Chamber of Patent Attorneys (PAK)
  • Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)