Asia IP

Spruson & Ferguson (Asia) has named Oliver Lutze a principal in its Shanghai office, where he is also the firm’s chief representative. He advises on patent matters with a special focus on China activities. His practice primarily involves providing advice in relation to global patent matters including validity and enforcement, patent drafting, patent strategy and infringement; he has considerable experience in advising on patent matters in the field of life sciences, pharmaceuticals and chemistry having worked in-house for a German multinational company as senior patent counsel for more than 15 years.