Overview
With dual qualifications as attorneys and patent agents, Aquila provides strategic consulting services including patent stability analysis, infringement early warning, Freedom to Operate (FTO) investigations, and design-around solutions, offering high-value legal support for business decision-making.
We provide bilingual (Chinese-English) legal opinions tailored to each client’s specific circumstances, comprehensively assessing infringement risks and offering actionable design-around recommendations, effectively ensuring the smooth market launch and compliant operation of new products. We are committed to front-loading IP risk prevention and control, helping clients navigate market competition with stability and long-term success.
Services
Risk Assessment and Analysis
- Patent stability analysis
- Infringement risk assessment and early warning
- Freedom to Operate (FTO) investigation
- Design-around consulting
Strategy and Portfolio Management
- IP strategic planning and portfolio development
- IP valuation
- IP due diligence
- IP compliance consulting
Operations and Transaction Support
- IP licensing and assignment negotiation
- Drafting and review of technology transfer agreement
- Legal support for IP investment and financing
- Full-lifecycle IP management
Representative Matters
- Conducted FTO investigations in China for multiple new water purification technologies of a German water purification brand, issued legal opinions in both Chinese and English, assessed infringement risks, and provided design-around recommendations
- Conducted FTO investigations in China for multiple new large-scale machinery technologies of a German road construction equipment company, assessing infringement risks and the stability of prior patents
- Represented a jewelry company in developing a patent portfolio based on China's enforcement landscape, building a patent portfolio tailored to its market protection needs
- Represented a European sanitary ware company in developing a patent portfolio based on China's enforcement landscape, forming a patent protection system around its core products
- Represented a U.S. livestock equipment company in patent portfolio development and mining for a series of newly launched products, forming a patent portfolio and reducing infringement risks
- Provided IP due diligence opinions for an international medical device company in an M&A transaction, identifying IP risks and value in the deal