Mr. Lu has practiced intellectual property law in the Philadelphia region for over 9 years. He was admitted to the bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1999 and admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 1998.

Mr. Lu has extensive and comprehensive experience in every aspect of intellectual property law including procuring U.S. and foreign patents, copyrights and trademarks, and litigating intellectual property rights in federal court.  Mr. Lu has litigated patent and trademark disputes throughout the U.S. for a wide variety of clients and technologies.  In addition to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, he has prosecuted and defended intellectual property cases by special admission in the federal district Courts in California,  Illinois and New York.  The subject matter involved in those patent infringement matters involved computer connectors, machinary, lighting fixtues and luggage design. 

Mr. Lu has drafted and prosecuted hundreds of patents on behalf of inventors covering a wide variety of mechanical, software, Internet, and electrical arts.  Mr. Lu also advises clients and prepares opinions regarding patentability of new inventions and infringement of existing patents.  Mr. Lu has prosecuted trademark appeals before the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board (TTAB), and prosecuted and defended opposition and cancellation proceedings before the TTAB.

Before beginning his legal practice, Mr. Lu had extensive business experience having worked for 16 years in the computer field as a product manager and consultant for various projects.  Mr. Lu was invited by China Minister of Electronics to teach Local Area Network (LAN) courses under United Nations and the World Bank Grant. 

Mr. Lu is proficient in the Chinese language.

BAR and COURT ADMISSIONS
• United States Patent & Trademark Office - 1998
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 1999
• United States District Court, Eastern District of
Pennsylvania- 2001
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit –
2002
• United States Supreme Court – 2007

EDUCATION
• Widener University, School of Law. J.D. 1999
• Villanova University. M.S. Computer Science, 1981
• Iowa State University. M.S. Forestry 1980
• National Taiwan University. B.S. Forestry 1975

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Lecturer - Benedictine University - 2003 to present
• Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association - 1999
to present
• Philadelphia Bar Association - 1999 to present
• American Intellectual Property Law Association - 1999 to
present
• Pennsylvania Bar Association - 1999 to present
• Widner Law School Alumni Association - 1999 to present
• Iowa State University Alumni Association - 1981 to
present
• Certified Novell Netware Engineer (CNE)
• Microsoft Solution Provider
• IBM Besteam, Subcontract Network Specialist