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StepIn brings together cross-border intellectual property experience across patents, trademarks, disputes, prosecution, and strategic counseling.

Our attorneys combine technical training, litigation experience, and international practice perspective to help clients navigate complex U.S. and cross-border matters.


Delong Li

Delong Li

Partner
Attorney at Law (California)
Attorney at Law (China)
Chinese Patent Attorney
Irene Chen

Irene Chen

Partner
Attorney at Law (California)
USPTO Registered Patent Attorney
Chinese Patent Attorney
Delong Li

Delong Li

Partner
Attorney at Law (California)
Attorney at Law (China)
Chinese Patent Attorney

Education

Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D.
Beijing Institute of Technology, M.S., Control Science and Engineering
Beijing Institute of Technology, B.S., Automation

About Delong Li

Delong Li focuses on patent infringement litigation, patent invalidation, patent prosecution, due diligence, and freedom-to-operate analysis. He has a technical background in telecommunications, audio/video systems, semiconductors, and computer technologies.

Before becoming a lawyer, Mr. Li worked in computer vision algorithm development at Ricoh Software Research Center in Japan and at the Third Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group.

His prior professional experience also includes work at Purple Vine IP, Han Kun Law Offices, and Banpil Photonic Inc.

Representative Experience

  • TCL v. Cadence
    Worked on a software patent infringement matter in California.
  • Corning ITC Section 337 matter
    Assisted Rainbow in responding to a Corning ITC investigation and supported EPR filings on the asserted patents.
  • SharkNinja Schedule A litigation
    Assisted clients in patent infringement litigation in the Southern District of Florida.
  • Amazon platform and APEX matters
    Handled platform complaints, APEX issues, and declaratory judgment strategy for multiple e-commerce clients.
  • Amazon v. Huawei
    Worked on Wi-Fi and audio/video SEP-related patent infringement and invalidation issues.
  • OPPO SEP invalidation matters
    Handled multiple communications SEP invalidation proceedings in China.
  • Hitachi patent invalidation matters
    Worked on patent invalidation matters in China.
  • Intel v. VLSI
    Worked on patent litigation in Shenzhen involving invalidation, accused-product analysis, and prior-art defenses in chip debugging architecture.
  • HPE matters in China
    Worked on infringement and invalidation matters involving software update technology, switch authentication, and liquid cooling technologies.
  • Samsung v. Datang
    Worked on patent infringement litigation and invalidation matters in Fuzhou.
  • Cross-border advisory work
    Advised on invalidation proceedings in multiple jurisdictions, patent compliance, technology export controls, and AI-related IP issues.
  • Patent prosecution
    Handled patent application matters across multiple jurisdictions and technical fields.

Representative matters involve clients such as TCL, Rainbow, Amazon, Intel, OPPO, HPE, Hitachi, Samsung, Tencent, and Kuaishou.

Irene Chen

Irene Chen

Partner
Attorney at Law (California)
USPTO Registered Patent Attorney
Chinese Patent Attorney

Education

Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D.
Nankai University, M.S., Materials Physics and Chemistry
Nankai University, B.S., Chemistry

Memberships

California Lawyers Association
Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA)
Chinese American Lawyers of the Bay Area (CALOBA)

About Irene Chen

Irene Chen focuses on patent drafting and prosecution, reexamination, invalidation, patent administrative litigation, patent infringement litigation, trademark filing, trademark prosecution, and trademark disputes.

Her principal technical fields include chemistry, materials science, semiconductor materials, pharmaceutical products, organic chemistry, and biochemistry.

Ms. Chen previously worked as a patent agent and later as a partner at a patent agency firm, building substantial experience across prosecution, disputes, and cross-border intellectual property matters.

Representative Focus

  • Patent drafting and prosecution
    Prepared and prosecuted patent applications across multiple technical fields.
  • Reexamination and invalidation
    Handled post-grant proceedings and related strategic patent matters.
  • Patent administrative and infringement litigation
    Worked on contentious patent matters involving both administrative and court proceedings.
  • Trademark filing and disputes
    Advised on trademark applications, review proceedings, and trademark conflict matters.
  • Cross-border IP support
    Worked on matters involving both U.S. and China intellectual property strategy and practice.

Languages

Chinese / English

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