Aaron Wininger is a Principal and Schwegman’s Director of China Intellectual Property. Aaron counsels both U.S. and Chinese companies on portfolio development and preparation of their patent applications and office action responses. He has worked with clients in the areas of software, networks (wired and wireless), lasers, medical devices, semiconductors and physics.
Aaron prosecutes both Chinese and U.S. trademarks. He has also drafted and prosecuted hundreds of U.S. and international patent applications in a broad spectrum of areas, including computer hardware and software, the Internet, multimedia distribution systems, computer games, digital and analog circuitry, and semiconductor design and fabrication, to name a few.
Most recently, Aaron has counseled Chinese companies on freedom to operate analyses for their entry into the U.S., represented a U.S. gaming company with operations in China, handling Series A and IP issues in China through to IPO; a U.S. scanning electron microscope company, handling their patent portfolio from incorporation through exit via acquisition, and a U.S. wireless company through acquisition. His knowledge of both the Chinese and American markets allows him to advise his clients as they expand their patent portfolios and look for investors to help the company grow.
Aaron has been in China for more than a decade and is conversational in Mandarin.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Aaron Wininger
- China to Cease Issuing Paper Patent Certificates – Request Them Before March 1, 2022 - (Posted On Saturday, February 12, 2022)
- China’s Supreme People’s Court: New Evidence Can be Entered in Patent Administrative Litigation for Invalidation - (Posted On Wednesday, February 09, 2022)
- China Joins the Hague System for Designs - (Posted On Sunday, February 06, 2022)
- China’s National Intellectual Property Administration Releases 2021 Results for the Blue Sky IP Agency Rectification Campaign - (Posted On Wednesday, February 02, 2022)
- China to Grade Patent Agencies and Agents per Administrative Measures for the Credit Evaluation of Patent Agents (for Trial Implementation) - (Posted On Sunday, January 30, 2022)
- China’s National Intellectual Property Administration Issues Notice on Continuing and Strictly Regulating Patent Application Behavior - (Posted On Friday, January 28, 2022)
- Shanghai No. 3 Intermediate People’s Court Affirms Prison Sentence in 61 Million RMB Cartier Counterfeit Case - (Posted On Tuesday, January 25, 2022)
- China Releases 2022 National Intellectual Property Administrative Protection Work Plan - (Posted On Tuesday, January 25, 2022)
- China’s National Intellectual Property Administration Releases 14th Five-Year Plan for Patent and Trademark Examination - (Posted On Friday, January 21, 2022)
- China’s National Intellectual Property Administration Announces Rapid 20-Day Trademark Application Examination Program - (Posted On Tuesday, January 18, 2022)
Aaron Wininger of Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. is a 2022 National Law Review Go-To Thought Leader. Mr. Wininger covers the patent law and intellectual property landscape in China, detailing matters such as trade secret theft, major intellectual property court rulings, and the ongoing issue of counterfeit products. These topics have seen considerable readership throughout the year, demonstrating the high value of Mr. Wininger’s thought leadership.
Aaron Wininger, Schwegman’s Director of China Intellectual Property law, is a National Law Review Go-To Thought Leader for his contributions focusing on Chinese Intellectual Property Regulation, Legislation, and Litigation. Mr. Wininger’s experience counseling both U.S. and Chinese companies on portfolio development, preparation of patent applications and office action responses and his familiarity with the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) adds to his timely analysis of Chinese trademark, patent, and copyright cases and what they mean for companies in both the U.S and in the People’s Republic of China.