Tim Tingkang Xia
Partner
Tim Tingkang Xia is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice and a registered patent attorney. He leads the firm’s International Practice and Intellectual Property Practice. Dr. Xia counsels clients in all phases of intellectual property law, including U.S. and foreign patent, trademark and copyright prosecution, clearance, infringements, validity opinions, and licensing. His focus is primarily on patent prosecution and litigation in the areas of computers, electronics, optics, and new and complex technologies that are multi-discipline in nature, such as nanotechnologies, bioinformatics, supercomputing systems and superconductor materials and devices.
Dr. Xia has prepared and prosecuted more than 1,800 patent applications in a variety of areas, including telecommunications, optics, mechanical and electronic devices, nanotechnologies, liquid crystal display devices, MEMS devices, lasers, quantum spin devices, semiconductors, biotechnologies and various medical devices.
Dr. Xia also has a broad range of experience nationally and internationally in the arena of the intellectual property litigation, including patent, trademark, trade dress, copyright, and trade secret matters. He has been involved in cases in technologies as diverse as telecommunications, computer software, e-commerce, nanotechnologies, image-forming apparatus, electrical devices, optical devices, toner cartridges and toners, and chemical compounds in federal courts around the country.
Prior to his legal career, he was a physicist specializing in supercomputing, large scale computer simulation of complex fluids, super-thin-films of polymers, and Josephson junction superconducting arrays, electromagnetic properties of high Tc superconductors, and physics of granular metals. Dr. Xia has published his research results and discoveries in Science, Phys. Rev. Lett., Physics Review B, and other internationally leading academic research journals.
Dr. Xia’s clients have ranged from individual inventors and high-tech start ups to large international corporations and prestigious research universities and institutions around the world. Dr. Xia is a frequent speaker to technology and industry associations, international forums, universities, and to many other groups concerning international intellectual property protection, unique issues faced by U.S. research universities such as research use exemption, patent law, and other areas of the law.
Recent Experience
- Acting as a principal outside worldwide patent counsel for a world class research institution by drafting, architecting, and managing a portfolio of 200+ US and foreign patent and patent applications since 2002, where the related technologies are cutting-edge, multi-discipline in nature, and complicated.
- Acting as a principal outside US patent counsel for an international technology company by managing and prosecuting a portfolio of 600+ US patent and patent applications since 2004, where the related technologies are ranging from mechanical and electronic devices to nanotechnologies.
- Acting as lead counsel for seven significant multi-party, multi-venue and multi-patent litigations (total involving 20+ patents) since 2004.
- Currently managing US and foreign patent portfolios of over 1,500+ patents and pending patent applications for numerous clients across a wide range of industries for technologies A-Z.
Honors and Affiliations
Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business - Listed as a top lawyer in Intellectual Property, 2009 - 2011
Listed, Georgia Trend Magazine's Legal Elite, Best Lawyers in Georgia for Intellectual Property, 2008 & 2011
American Physical Society
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Georgia State Bar Association
Executive Board of the International Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia
Selected, as a Georgia Super Lawyer by Atlanta Magazine in the field of Intellectual Property and International Law, 2007, 2010 & 2011
Languages
Mandarin, Chinese
Japanese
Russian
Speaking Engagements
- "Invest in Georgia" Conference in Beijing and Suzhou August 19th, 2009
- 2008 China Summit January 18th, 2008
Recent News
- Georgia Legal Elite Honors Morris, Manning & Martin Attorneys December 6th, 2011
- Morris, Manning & Martin Recognized for Excellence by Chambers USA June 14th, 2011
- Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP Attorneys Named 2011 Super Lawyers & Rising Stars February 24th, 2011
- Morris, Manning & Martin Recognized for Excellence by Chambers USA 2010 June 16th, 2010
- MMM Advises HK Motors in Auto Development Agreement February 2nd, 2010
Articles
- Inside the Minds: The Impact of Recent Patent Law
- Dream Facilitator What Comes After Ph.D.? For Tim Xia, It's J.D.
Books
Practice Areas
- Asia
- Copyright
- Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- International
- Litigation
- Patents
- Trademark
Bar Admissions
Law School(s)
- Columbia University School of LawJuris Doctor (J.D.)
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- Executive Editor, Columbia Journal of Asian Law
Under Grad / Grad
School(s)
- Peking UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.)
- The Ohio State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Client Alerts
- New U.S. Patent Office Rules Enjoined by Federal Court October 31st, 2007