Minjia Zheng

Asia Patent Director

IBM

Minjia Zheng serves as the IP Director for the Greater China Region at IBM. He leads a team comprising members from China and India, providing comprehensive intellectual property support to IBM's business units across China, Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia, and India. His responsibilities cover a broad spectrum of areas, including invention mining, patent application management, IP review in standardsetting activities, legislative advice on IP matters, software copyright clearance, analysis and resolution of IP issues in opensource software, negotiation and legal support for IPrelated contractual clauses, dispute resolution, and support for IP licensing transactions. Mr. Zheng holds both a patent agent qualification and a lawyer's license.