“European Intellectual Property Risk Response Special Sharing Session” Successfully Held; Dr. Yingkun Luo, European Patent Attorney, Invited to Lecture

On the afternoon of July 14, 2026, the “European Intellectual Property Risk Response Special Sharing Session,” hosted by the Nanjing Lawyers Association, the Jiangsu Foreign-related Intellectual Property Legal Service Alliance, the Nanjing Biomedical Industry Intellectual Property Protection Alliance, and the Nanjing Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment Industry Intellectual Property Protection Alliance, was successfully held at the Nanjing Intellectual Property Protection Practice Base (Rayto Law Firm). This training was a public-interest event and attracted many lawyers and intellectual property practitioners.

The sharing session was moderated by Attorney Bin Chen, Head of the Foreign-related Legal Affairs Department of Rayto Law Firm. Director Haijun Jiang of Rayto Law Firm delivered the opening remarks. In his speech, Director Jiang pointed out that the European market has become an important frontier for intellectual property portfolio planning and competition. Enhancing practitioners’ practical capabilities in areas such as European patent oppositions and third-party observations, and strengthening awareness of procedural defense and proactive positioning in responding to proceedings before the Unified Patent Court (UPC), is of great significance for helping innovation entities open up and deepen their presence in the European market.

Dr. Yingkun Luo, a European patent attorney, was specially invited as the keynote speaker. Dr. Luo holds the European Patent Attorney qualification and the European Patent Litigation Certificate. He has rich practical experience in patent grant proceedings before the European Patent Office, patent infringement appeal proceedings, and patent validity determination, and has provided European patent risk analysis and dispute resolution solutions for multiple Chinese enterprises and research institutions.

During the training, Dr. Luo gave in-depth presentations on the topics of “Opposition Proceedings before the European Patent Office” and “Observations on UPC Preliminary Injunction Cases & Strategies for Chinese Enterprises.” Dr. Luo provided a systematic explanation of European patent opposition proceedings, covering the complete process from filing an opposition request to first-instance proceedings and second-instance proceedings. He also conducted a comparative analysis of cost risks arising in UPC revocation actions, and shared relevant statistical data on opposition proceedings to help participants fully understand the practical key points of European patent challenge paths. In addition, starting from why enterprises should apply for preliminary injunctions, he detailed the five categories of core evidence that should be prepared in advance for applying for UPC preliminary injunctions. Combining typical cases, he analyzed which behaviors (individually or in combination) may lead the court to determine that urgency for granting a preliminary injunction exists, providing practical guidance for Chinese enterprises on procedural defense and proactive positioning within the UPC framework.

At the end of the training, Meng Xu, Director of the Intellectual Property Division of the Nanjing Municipal Market Supervision Administration, delivered a summary of the sharing session. Director Xu stated that enterprises going global is an inevitable trend, and the purpose of this training is precisely to hope that lawyers and intellectual property practitioners present can gain truly practical inspiration from it. He particularly emphasized that intellectual property risk response is not something that can be accomplished overnight—sufficient preparation must be done in advance, and subsequent stages such as negotiation and litigation also require sustained investment. In the future, consideration should be given to training enterprises in a more practical mode, such as conducting in-depth analysis of going-global cases involving medical device enterprises, so that everyone truly recognizes: when enterprises encounter obstacles in going global and face huge damages or have to give up overseas markets, these are outcomes we do not want to see. However, without prior preparation in intellectual property protection, it is almost impossible to achieve good results through last-minute responses. He called on all parties to work together and form a joint force in the field of intellectual property protection—this is the true significance of holding such training.

This training was rich in content and detailed in cases. Combining his many years of practical experience in the European intellectual property field, Dr. Yingkun Luo brought participants a highly in-depth professional sharing. Rayto Law Firm will continue to be committed to providing professional intellectual property legal services for enterprises “going global,” helping innovation entities effectively prevent and respond to intellectual property risks in international markets.