Erick is Director of Patent Licensing and Litigation for Beijing East IP, Beijing, China, where he leads patent litigation, licensing, and prosecution efforts for Chinese and Western entities. A trusted authority on patent and antitrust law in China, Erick is author of ChinaPatentBlog.com as well as numerous articles on Chinese patent and antitrust issues. Before joining Beijing East, he served as Director of Patents for Qualcomm in Asia, where he managed a broad range of IP issues ranging from patent drafting, prosecution, licensing, and litigation, to regulatory, policy, and antitrust matters. He also managed open source issues for Qualcomm Atheros, and created, implemented, and enforced open source protocols. Prior to joining Qualcomm, Erick managed patent and open source matters for Red Hat. Before going in-house, he managed patent litigation and licensing at Weil Gotshal and McKool Smith.