Kam W. Li

Kam W. Li focuses his practice on litigation and transactional work in the areas of banking and financial institutions, intellectual property, unfair competition laws, international transactions, Native American issues, and related litigation. He assists a wide range of U.S. and international clients with due diligence in property transactions, as well as intellectual property strategies, protection and licensing, commercial transactions, deployment of intellectual capital, and strategic partnering relationships. Mr. Li's clients include major financial institutions, regulatory agencies, and multinational corporations and institutions in the U.S. and overseas.

Mr. Li is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of California, the United States Federal Courts and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is also a registered professional engineer in the State of California. Before his legal career, he was an engineer involved in technology development in the energy field.

Representative Matters

• Strategic planning for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights for U.S. and international clients.
• Manage teams of foreign associates and use of proprietary technology in the execution of client’s Global IPR enforcement strategy focusing on China (administrative and judicial enforcement and raids and customs seizures against counterfeiters and infringers).
• Counsel clients in international project and deal financing and access to capital market including IPO in China.
• Counsel clients in partnering negotiations, technology acquisition, licensing, joint research, development and outsourcing production and distribution relationships for clients in the U.S., China, and other countries.
• Successful litigation in obtaining a seven-figure jury verdict on behalf of a hotel owner against its former operator and successful defense against the cross-complaint by the defendant operator.
• Due diligence in examining multi-billion dollar loan portfolios for professional liability and advising institution on remedies and actions to recover.
• Representation of a client in a $115 million hotel acquisition and renovation project, hotel operating agreement and negotiation of $225 million financing facilities.
• Counseling clients on various business enterprises, including technologies, intellectual property, boxing promotion, advertising, marketing and cash flow management with third party service providers.
• Representing trademark and Internet business owner in a breach of fiduciary duty and trademark infringement claims; obtaining injunction in a trademark infringement lawsuit against unauthorized use of the client's trademark on the Internet with infringer settling and agreeing to pay compensation in damages and attorney's fees.
• Representing a patent holder and its exclusive licensee in a jury trial and obtaining damages and permanent injunction against the infringer.
• Litigation and enforcement of trademark rights of U.S. clients against infringement and counterfeiting activities in the Far East.

Education

• JD, University of San Diego Law School
• MS (Mechanical Engineering), The University of Arizona
• BS (Mechanical Engineering), The University of Arizona, with high distinction

Distinctions

• Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent Rating
• San Diego Super Lawyers® – 2007 (Intellectual Property)
• Southern California's Top Rated Lawyers – 2012, 2013
• Top Lawyers in International Law/International Trade – 2012

Community Involvement

• CommNexus San Diego – International Business Committee
• Hong Kong Association of Southern California – Board of Directors
• Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego – Past President
• San Diego Elderly Chinese Association - Volunteer
• San Diego Software Industry Council – Past International Business Committee
• Shanghai Bar – IT Committee Senior Overseas Counsel
• World Trade Center of San Diego – Director

Recent News Coverage

• "Top Lawyers 2013,” San Diego Magazine, March 2013.
• Wilson, Pamela. "Beyond Borders," San Diego Lawyer, March/April 2012
  
• “Procopio Selects New Members for Diversity Committee,” Procopio Press Release, November 26, 2007.
• “24 Procopio Attorneys Named ‘Super Lawyers’,” Procopio Press Release, May 21, 2007.

Recent Articles/Publications

• "What do Michael Jordan and Jeremy Lin Have in Common? Trademark Filing Tips - First to File and Chinese Equivalents," March 20, 2012.
• "Chinese Authorities Seize Apple iPad," February 27, 2012.
• "Trademark Filing in China - Little Tips, Big Differences," February 16, 2012.

Recent Seminars and Speeches

Mr. Li appears frequently as a guest speaker at professional conferences on intellectual property, international transactions, and technology deployment issues and doing business in the Greater China region.

• “Beyond 101: Building a China Practice - IP and Brand Protection and China Strategy,” San Diego Chinese Attorneys Association & the Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego & the San Diego County Bar Association, San Diego, CA, May 9, 2013.
• “Strategic China Entry - Hong Kong Leverage,” Hong Kong Association of Southern California 9th Annual Joint Seminar: Doing Business with China and Hong Kong, San Diego, CA, October 18, 2012.
• “Road Map for a Successful Legal Career,” Pan Asian/Chinese Lawyers Association, San Diego, CA, October 4, 2012.
• "Viable Business Structure for US Companies in the Greater Pearl River Region (China)," June 2006.