Aaron R. Wininger

Partner

/ Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP
Bund Center
222 Yan An Road East
Suite 4201
Shanghai, 200002
People's Republic of China
Telephone: 86.21.6137.7999 Fax: 86.21.6137.7900
Direct Dial: 86.21.6137.7920 E-Mail:
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Primary Areas of Legal Practice

Commercial Litigation
Intellectual Property
Patents

Professional Experience

Aaron Wininger specializes in the protection of intellectual property. His technical expertise includes software, networks (wired and wireless), lasers, medical devices, semiconductor fabrication, and physics. He is skilled in client counseling, portfolio development, and the preparation of patent applications and office action responses.

Mr. Wininger’s recent experience includes drafting and prosecuting hundreds of U.S. and international patent applications across a broad spectrum of technical areas, including computer hardware, computer software, the Internet, network and computer security systems, multimedia distribution systems, operating systems, computer games, digital and analog circuitry, wireless technology, semiconductor design and fabrication, lasers and optics, medical devices, and avionics.

He regularly lectures and publishes articles regarding international intellectual property issues.

Mr. Wininger is a member of the Subcommittee on the Patent Cooperation Treaty of the American Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Law Section, as well as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Education

FordhamLawSchool (J.D., 1997)

ColumbiaUniversity (B.S., 1994)
Applied Physics

Languages

Mandarin Chinese

Bar Admissions

California
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Publications

"Intellectual Property Administrative Enforcement in China" by Aaron Wininger and Xiao Lu, IPL Newsletter, Spring 2007.

Featured in "Rising Costs, Rising Profits: What Lies in Store for Shanghai FIEs in the New Year?" by Sheila Wong, Shanghai Business Review, March 2007.

"Recent Developments and Routes for Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights in China," by Peiyu Sun & Aaron Wininger, Currents, Winter 2005.

Quoted inJune 8, 2005, Sing Tao Daily article.

"A New Intellectual Property Right for a $450 Million Consumer Market," by Stephan Zeuner & Aaron Wininger, IPL Newsletter, Spring 2005.

"Differences in TaiwanUS Patent Law for the Taiwanese-American Entrepreneur," by Aaron Wininger & Viola Wang, NATEA 2005 Journal.

"Awareness of Foreign Filing Requirements for Inventions Originating Abroad Prevents Adverse Consequences for Foreign Investors,” by Aaron Wininger, New Matter.

"The Real Cost of Filing PCT Applications,” by Aaron Wininger, Intellectual Property Today, January 2003.

"Recent Changes in Patent Cooperation Treaty Practice," by Aaron Wininger, Intellectual Property Today, August 2002.

"Business Method Patents Appear to Gain Ground Overseas," by Aaron Wininger, Intellectual Property Today, December 2001.