Our team

Managing Partner

Leon Ma

Leon is one of the managing partners at AbramStar IP Law Firm. Leon has extensive expertise in 3GPP standards (6G/5G/4G), modem/chip design, and phone technologies. Leon is renowned for his deep knowledge and excellent insights into SEP. He has 15+ years of practical experience in providing solutions for SEP prosecution, licensing, litigation, monetization, and workaround implementation. Before his current role, Leon had been working in a leading tier-1 IC design company for 10 years and managing a SEP portfolio with a Top 10 worldwide ranking. Leon has hands-on experience producing hundreds of claim charts and has a 90% pass rate in patent pool certification. He also led licensing/negotiation/litigation projects, managed law firms to develop global litigation strategies, and provided royalty rate calculation methodologies. Leon’s comprehensive background allows him to provide strategic total solutions for SEP operations.

Partner

Randy Liao

Randy Liao holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. degree in Computer Science and Information Engineering. He qualified as a China patent attorney in 2016. Randy specializes in patent drafting, prosecution, searches, invalidation, validity assessment, and infringement assessment in the technical fields of network communication protocol standards, computer software, and mechanical systems. He has assisted leading high-tech companies such as TSMC, MediaTek, Motorola (Lenovo), Realtek, LINE, STAr, Alibaba and Coupang in preparing and drafting international patent applications. He has extensive experience, having drafted over 200 SEP applications and more than 100 software patent applications.

IP Consultant

Ray Huang

Ray’s patent career spans 15 years at tier 1 IP firms as a senior patent engineer/analyst. Ray has deep knowledge in the fields of software technology and mobile communications. Before kicking off his patent career, Ray worked for 4 years in an advanced research institute as an R&D engineer, specializing in 3GPP standards. He is familiar with 3GPP standards including 3G to 6G, and is experienced in SEP prosecution. His rare background and diligent work ethic allow him to build long-standing relationships with his clients, including MediaTek, HTC, Acer, Moxa, and ITRI etc.