Overview
(December 22, 2022, Beijing) – Asian Legal Business has named Timothy Bickham to Top 15 IP Lawyers List. Asian Legal Business spotlights the top 15 IP lawyers across Asia, who have consistently delivered high-quality IP work and set high standards in the IP space, while earning accolades from their colleagues, superiors, and clients.
Over the past two decades, in addition to working with US and European companies, Mr. Bickham has developed a practice representing clients from China in intellectual property matters. He represents Chinese companies with patent infringement and trade secrets litigation in the US district courts and at the U.S. International Trade Commission. He has spoken extensively in China on intellectual property matters facing Chinese companies doing business in the United States. Mr. Bickham’s articles have been published in the American Intellectual Property Law Association's Quarterly Journal and the Intellectual Property Litigator.
Asia Legal Business notes that Mr. Bickham received high praise from SF Diamond Co., Ltd. after a recent victory in the International Trade Commission:
Tim has demonstrated an extremely high level of professional skills and business sense in our company's 337 investigation case, and he can always provide the best litigation advice from the client's perspective. The litigation strategy prepared based on his advice is good and comprehensive, and has effectively guided the defense team to work efficiently and get satisfactory results. I would like to express my gratitude to Tim and his team for their work.
—SF Diamond Co., Ltd.
About Steptoe
In more than 100 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
The diversity of the firm is a critical factor in its success. The firm’s Chair is a woman; the majority of the firm’s elected executive committee is female; the majority of Steptoe's nine offices are managed by women; and the majority of Steptoe’s practice groups have women as leaders. The firm's eight-person professional business services leadership is equally diverse, with half the c-suite made up of women, including three women of color, and other leaders who openly identify as LGBTQ+.