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Chao "Wendy" Wang has extensive experience in technical litigation matters and represents clients in patent, trademark, trade secret, and copyright cases. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Wendy regularly represents Chinese and other Asian technology companies on a wide range of matters involving intellectual property disputes, commercial disputes, and government investigations. She works with companies in a variety of industries, including video streaming and entertainment, semiconductors, LED lighting, telecommunications, chemistry and chemical engineering, interactive entertainment and gaming, and medical devices.

An experienced, U.S.-trained litigator with a mainland China background, Wendy's combination of skills add exceptional value to her client relationships. Wendy's recent cases have included representation of the world's leading video streaming platform in infringement claims relating to reality shows in China, representation of the world's leading technology company in copyright enforcement efforts in the U.S., representation of leading Chinese and Taiwanese semiconductor companies in patent infringement claims, representation of a gaming company in patent, copyright and unfair competition claims against its competitor, representation of a Chinese LED manufacturer in a patent infringement case against its competitor, and representation of China's leading telecommunication company in regulatory compliance matters.

Wendy earned a bachelors degree from Peking University and a masters degree of chemistry from the University of Illinois. She graduated magna cum laude from the Northwestern Pritzkar School of Law. After law school she clerked for Judge Ronald Gould of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Admission & Affiliations

  • State Bar of California
  • New York State Bar
  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States Courts of Appeals for the Federal and Ninth Circuits
  • United States District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of California
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • J.D., Northwestern University School of Law 2011
    magna cum laude
  • M.S., Chemistry, University of Illinois 2007
  • B.S., Chemistry, Peking University 2003