GUO Hong

Guo Shuai is an attorney and patent agent at Long An (Guangzhou) Law Firm, a Senior Intellectual Property Specialist (associate senior title), and a former patent examiner for invention patents. Attorney Guo has a multidisciplinary background in law and engineering, practicing in patent, trade secret, software copyright and other intellectual property litigation and non-litigation matters. He has many years of full-ecosystem patent experience including patent application, patent examination and granting, patent review and invalidation confirmation, patent rights protection, and administrative litigation. He is particularly adept at patent litigation, invalidation, and FTO (Freedom to Operate) matters, and also provides non-litigation legal services such as pre-IPO due diligence, licensing, and transfer. His practice covers industrial products, medical devices, industrial equipment, semiconductors, and other industries. Prior to joining Long An (Guangzhou) Law Firm, Attorney Guo worked at the National Intellectual Property Administration and well-known domestic patent agency companies for more than 12 years. He also serves as a technical investigator for intellectual property administrative protection in Guangdong Province and an expert in the rights protection expert pool of more than 10 provincial and municipal areas including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, Shantou, and Huizhou.