Weidan Fan

Overview

Ms. Fan is a patent prosecution specialist with extensive experience in the areas of computer science and telecommunications. Ms. Fan’s technical university studies were in computer programming and related systems such as electronics, networks and data manipulation. Prior to joining Leydig, Voit & Mayer, she received her Master of Law degree in Intellectual Property, with honors, from The Franklin Thomas Backus School of Law at Case Western Reserve University, where she was a research assistant conducting patent law research. Before her graduate studies, she worked in a prominent IP law firm in Beijing, China, as an assistant attorney drafting and reviewing patent applications and responses in various computer and electronic fields.

Education

• University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, J.D., 2020
• Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Master of Law, 2010
• University of Tianjin, B.S. in Computer Science, 2006

Admissions

• Illinois, 2022
• Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Professional Affiliations

• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
• Asian Practice Committee Of Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)

Languages

• Chinese

Practices

• IP Litigation
• Patent Preparation and Prosecution

Technologies

• Electrical, Computer, and Software Technologies

Insights

• Weidan Fan Discusses the Anti-Suit Injunction in Motorola v. Hytera Involving a Parallel Action in China
  May 3, 2024
• Weidan Fan Discusses the Fourth Circuit Decision on the Safe Harbor Provision of the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA)
  April 11, 2023
• Weidan Fan and Naman Seth Pass Illinois Bar Exam
  April 22, 2022