Dr. Harley Seyedin is an international businessman, humanitarian, philanthropist and world-renowned China expert.
Achievements:
--Dr. Harley Seyedin, together with Elon Musk, Durreen Shahnaz and Murad Al-Katib won the 2017 Oslo Business for Peace Award, awarded by a Committee of Nobel Laureates in Peace and Economics.
--Among few individuals to be awarded the “Peace Through Commerce Medal” by the U.S. Government since its inception by Thomas Jefferson in 1790 when he served as the nascent US Secretary of State under President George Washington and the only person in history to have been awarded both the Oslo Business for Peace Award and the Peace Through Commerce Medal.
--President, Allelon Energy Systems and former President of Sithe Global Pacific (Sithe Global is majority owned by and is the international power arm of the Blackstone Group).
--Under his direction since 1991, companies led by Harley have achieved firsts in many areas in China, including: the first majority western owned and operated power plant; first western invested toll road; and, first western owned and operated joint US-China university in China offering four year fully US accredited degrees without the need for the students to travel to US.
--Visiting Scholar, Jinan University – one of the oldest universities established on mainland China tracing back to the Qing dynasty (1644–1911).
--Former Chairman of Montgomery College and State Chairman of the Maryland Association of Community College Trustees representing all seventeen colleges in the State with over 35,000 faculty and staff and 100,000 students.
--Former Member of the Board of Directors of the Kennedy Institute, the largest private Catholic Charity in the United States, by appointment of Cardinal James A. Hickey.
--Together with Secretary of State of Cambodia, Dr. Heng Sokkung Knighted under the Philippine act of Parliament 646 joining Dr. Henry Kissinger and King Carlos of Spain and others previously knighted.
--Together with the Philippines Secretary of Health, Dr. Francisco T. Duque, III, became a Sino-Philippine Asia International Peace Laureate for “his dynamic contributions to humanity”.
--Recognized by President George Herbert Walker Bush for his involvement with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
--Special Advisor to Chairman, President George Herbert Walker Bush Foundation for US-China Relations.
--President and CEO, the American Chamber of Commerce in South China.

Lisa K. Heller assumed the role of Consul General of the Consulate General of the United States of America in Guangzhou, China on August 31, 2021. She is a career member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service and brings more than 35 years of experience working on U.S.-China relations.

In addition to serving as the Minister-Counselor of Public Affairs at the U.S. embassies in Beijing and Islamabad, Ms. Heller’s other postings include the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, Republic of Korea; the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine; and the U.S. Consulate General in Shenyang, China. In Washington, she has been the Director of the Office of Public Diplomacy in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, as well as the Deputy Director of the Office of Africa and Europe in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.

Ms. Heller has a B.A. from Princeton University and an M.P.A. from the University of Minnesota. Together with her diplomat spouse James Heller, she has two adult children.

耿欣 （Lisa K. Heller）女士于2021年8月31日，就任美国驻广州总领事馆的总领事。她是美国高级职业外交官，致力于美中关系逾三十五年。

之前，耿欣女士在美国驻巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡大使馆和驻北京大使馆，均任新闻文化事务的公使衔参赞；另外，她曾分别任职于美国的驻韩国首尔大使馆、驻乌克兰基辅大使馆、以及驻沈阳总领事馆。她还曾在首都华盛顿的美国国务院总部，任职其东亚-太平洋事务局的公共外交办公室主任、以及民主、人权和劳工事务局的非洲-欧洲办公室副主任。

耿欣女士在普林斯顿大学获得学士学位，在明尼苏达大学获得公共管理硕士学位。她的丈夫何乐进（James Heller）也是外交官，他们的子女已长大成人。

Duncan Willson serves as the intellectual property (IP) counselor at the U.S. embassy in Beijing, China, where he promotes U.S. stakeholder interests by advocating for improvements in China’s protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR), including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. In addition, Mr. Willson serves as a resource for U.S. individuals and businesses in regard to IPR concerns in China.
Prior to his appointment as IP attaché, Mr. Willson was an attorney advisor in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Office of Policy and International Affairs, where he handled policy matters relating to IP issues in China. His responsibilities included developing and negotiating U.S. positions on IP matters on behalf of the U.S. government; advising the U.S. government and business community on legal developments in China that impact the protection and enforcement of IP in that country; and designing and supervising technical assistance to the Chinese government in regard to IP.
Most recently, Mr. Willson was detailed to the Office of the U.S. IP Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC), where he advised the IPEC and White House officials on the IP components to strategic policies and trade-related matters, in addition to providing his expertise on Chinese IP laws, policies, and practices.
Prior to joining public service, Mr. Willson was a senior associate with the law firm of Baker & McKenzie in Beijing, China, where he provided strategic and practical advice on a wide-range of IPR issues to individuals and businesses operating in China, including advising on trademark and copyright protection and enforcement, IP licensing, and dispute resolution, among other issues.
Mr. Willson received his law degree from the George Washington University Law School, and holds two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Washington. He is a Seattle native, and is licensed to practice law in California.

About the USPTO and the Office of Policy and International Affairs

Aside from the issuance of patents and registration of trademarks, the USPTO has a statutory mandate to advise the President and all federal agencies, through the Secretary of Commerce, on national and international intellectual property (IP) policy issues, including IP protection in other countries. In addition, the USPTO is authorized by statute to provide guidance, conduct programs and studies, and interact with IP offices worldwide—and with international intergovernmental organizations—on matters involving IP.

David C Buxbaum, born 16 July 1933 in New York. Mr Buxbaum left academic life where he taught law, including Chinese law, to join the law firm of Anderson, Mori and Rabinowitz as a junior partner in 1968. There he worked primarily on joint ventures for American companies in Japan and on Hong Kong legal matters. In 1970, Mr Buxbaum formed a predecessor of the firm, Anderson & Anderson LLP’s international division, and has been primarily resident in Asia for the past fifty-four years, and in China and Mongolia for most of the past forty-five years.

Mr Buxbaum is fluent in both oral and written Chinese. He was the first American lawyer invited to China to represent American business interests in 1972, after President Nixon’s historic visit. He founded the first American law office in Guangzhou (Canton). Subsequently, he helped open offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Xiamen, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Chengdu and Mongolia and closely affiliated offices in Bombay, India, Taiwan. Mr Buxbaum is a well regarded expert on private international, US laws, Chinese law and Mongolian law who, in addition to being an experienced and highly respected practitioner, has also published extensively in the legal field.

In addition to international transactional matters, Mr Buxbaum, is also professionally active in litigation, particularly regarding international business disputes, as well as intellectual property and commodities and securities matters. He represented the successful respondents before the United States Supreme Court in the landmark case of Butz vs Economou and successfully handled one of the leading IP cases in China, namely Microsoft vs Juren.

Yan Jie, Deputy Director of the Intellectual Property Arbitration Court of Guangzhou Arbitration Commission, has been engaged in arbitration for many years and is qualified as an arbitrator. Now she is responsible for the intellectual property arbitration of Guangzhou Arbitration Commission.
Professional background: From 2006 to 2012, he studied in the Law School of Sun Yat sen University and successively obtained the degrees of Bachelor of Law and Master of Law (Law). In 2011, he passed the national judicial examination and obtained the legal professional qualification.
颜洁，广州仲裁委员会知识产权仲裁院业务副总监，从事仲裁工作多年，具有仲裁员资格，现负责广州仲裁委员会知识产权仲裁工作。
专业背景：2006年至2012年，就读于中山大学法学院，先后取得法学学士、法律硕士（法学）学位。2011年通过国家司法考试，取得法律职业资格。

Practice
执业领域
Tort/fraud, business, contracts, breach, civil procedure
侵权/诈骗，商务，合同，违约，民事诉讼

Mr. Scott Akin is a second-career lawyer with capabilities spanning law, policy, journalism, communications and management with proven strategic and tactical adaptability. He completed his JD while working full time as a staff editor with The New York Times Co. His prior experience encompassed roles in the U.S. and abroad at a variety of news and business news channels, and encompassed management, news editing and interviewing, analysis and reporting across government, business, culture, science and technology.
Scott Akin是一名第二职业律师，擅长法律、政策、新闻工作、沟通和管理，有很强的逻辑思维能力和适应能力。他在纽约时报担任全职编辑时完成了法律硕士学位。他之前曾在美国及其他国家多种新闻和商业新闻频道任职，涉及领域包括政府、商务、文化、科技的管理、新闻编辑与采访、分析及报告。

Education and Qualifications:
教育背景与资格：
Concord Law School, Juris Doctor
康科德法学院，职业法律文凭(JD)
Kennesaw State University, BA English
肯尼索州立大学，英语学士学位

Bar Admission:
法律执照：
State of California
加利福利亚州

Language:
语言：
English
英语

PRACTICE
涉及领域
Civil Litigation
民事诉讼

Mr. Janoso is a Junior Partner. In 2016, he graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Emphasis in Marketing) and a Certificate in Socially Responsible Enterprise. For law school, Mr. Janoso attended The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, graduating cum laude in 2019.
Janoso先生是一名初级合伙人，2016年毕业于科罗拉多大学波尔得分校，获工商管理（市场营销方向）理科学士学位及社会责任企业证书，2019年以优等成绩毕业于俄亥俄州立大学莫里茨法学院。

In his time at Moritz College of Law, Mr. Janoso received the John Marshall Adams Constitutional Law Award and was named a Public Service Fellow with Recognition. He spent two years as an editor on the Ohio State Business Law Journal, including one as a managing editor. Mr. Janoso has clinical experience in criminal defense and mediation, and he served as a legal extern to Justice R. Patrick DeWine of the Ohio Supreme Court.
在莫里茨法学院，Janoso先生曾获得John Marshall Adams 宪法奖，并荣获公共服务人员称号。他曾两年任俄亥俄州商法报编辑及总编辑。Janoso先生在刑事诉讼和调解中有法律诊所经验，并曾在俄亥俄州最高法院担任R. Patrick DeWine法官的法律实习生。

He is now working for the New York Office.
他现就职于我司纽约办事处。

Education and Qualifications:
教育背景与资格：

The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Columbus, Ohio,
May 2019, Juris Doctorate (JD)
俄亥俄州立大学莫里茨法学院，哥伦比亚，俄亥俄州，
2019年5月，职业法律文凭(JD)

Language:
语言：

English
英语

PRACTICE
执业领域
International Litigation; Mediation; Torts
国际诉讼；调解；侵权

Mr. Grossman is an Associate Attorney. He graduated with a Bachelor’s in English from Case Western Reserve University in 2009, then worked as a manager of a non-profit organization in Cleveland. Mr. Grossman attended University of Chicago, receiving a Master’s in Religious Studies in 2013. Mr. Grossman then taught college Writing and Philosophy as an Adjunct Professor.
Grossman先生是一名助理律师，2009年毕业于凯斯西储大学英语本科，后在克利夫兰某非营利组织任职经理。Grossman先生于2013年获芝加哥大学宗教专业硕士，随后担任大学写作与哲学兼职教授。

For law school Mr. Grossman attended Cornell University, graduating in 2018 with a specialization in litigation. During law school, he interned with Federal Judge, Rebecca Pallmeyer. He was selected for and competed on Cornell Law School’s traveling Mock Trial team. Mr. Grossman received training in mediation and arbitration from the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution and served as an on-campus mediator.
Grossman先生2018年毕业于康奈尔大学诉讼专业。在法学院学习期间，他曾担任联邦法官Rebecca Pallmeyer的实习生。他被选入康奈尔法学院巡回模拟法庭队参加比赛。Grossman先生曾接受沙因曼冲突解决研究所的调解与仲裁培训并担任校内调解员。

Education and Qualifications:
教育及资格：
Cornell University School of Law, Ithaca, NY (Juris Doctor)
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Master of Arts)
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (Bachelor of Arts)
纽约州伊萨卡康奈尔大学法学院（法律职业文凭JD）
伊利诺斯州芝加哥大学（文科硕士）
俄亥俄州克利夫兰凯斯西储大学（文科学士）

Language:
语言：
English, native; Norwegian (Bokmål), reading; French, reading
英语（母语）；挪威语（博克马尔语）（阅读）；法语（阅读）

Chinese Attorney and Patent Agent
中国律师
Education:
教育背景：
South China Agricultural University
广东省的华南农业大学
PRACTICE
涉及领域
Patent Law; Trademark Law; Copyright Law; Corporations; Joint Ventures; Foreign Investment; Intellectual Property Litigation
专利法；商标法；著作权法；公司；合资公司；知识产权诉讼

Chinese Attorney
中国律师

Education
教育背景

Sun Yat-sen University.
中山大学

Legal Specializations
法学专长
Contracts, Commercial and Employment Litigation, Arbitration and Intellectual Property.
合同、商业和职业诉讼、仲裁及知识产权