Edward E. Lehman, Managing Director of Lehman, Lee & Xu, Enters 21st Year as Member of China Intellectual Property Society

Beijing, China, December 27, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Edward E. Lehman, managing director of Lehman, Lee & Xu, has been invited for the 21st time to membership in the China Intellectual Property Society (CIPS). CIPS is one of the largest and oldest intellectual property societies in China, dedicated to disseminating and popularizing intellectual property law, as well as the training of intellectual property professionals. The society offers consultation services for intellectual property conflicts and actively carries out international and regional exchanges among intellectual property professionals.

A pioneer in China, Mr. Lehman was the first foreign lawyer to be qualified and invited to join the China Intellectual Property Society in 1987, just two years after the establishment of the State Intellectual Property Office and the China Trademark office. Mr. Lehman also holds the distinction of being the first private intellectual property lawyer to join CIPS.

Lehman, Lee & Xu is a prominent Chinese corporate law firm and trademark and patent agency with offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Macau, and Mongolia. Under Edward E. Lehman’s guidance, the trademark and patent agency has grown to the largest agency in China with the most trademark applications for the year 2007. The full-service legal firm also offers corporate advisory services and auditing services through its affiliated company, LehmanBrown.

To learn more about Lehman, Lee & Xu, please visit the firm’s website at www.lehmanlaw.com.

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