Cathleen S. Huang

Commanding native fluency of Mandarin Chinese, Cathleen Huang is international and national counsel to numerous product manufacturers, distributors, trading companies, and online retailers based in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and the U.S. from all industries, including consumer electronics and gas appliances, solar modules/wafers, consumer appliances, lighting, computer components, hand tools, gas cylinders, luggage, bicycles, food supplements, glass containers, and medical devices, etc. She visits manufacturing facilities in Asia and meets with company executives, personnel, and engineers to learn the business and the design, testing, manufacturing, quality control procedures to become knowledgeable about the clients' operations and help to identify and mitigate potential risks. She counsels her clients throughout the product lifecycle, from product research and development, to evaluation of packaging and marketing materials and manuals, product regulatory compliance, corporate formation and litigation. She commands over 20 years of litigation experience and her areas of practice include the following: INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL LITIGATION/ARBITRATION Breach of contracts/warranties Breach of fiduciary duties as to corporate officers, board of directors and majority stockholders International trade compliance PRODUCT SAFETY/LIABILITY Product liability claims/litigation Global product recalls Federal and state regulatory compliance: o Consumer Product Safety Commission/ Health Canada/Profeco reporting o Proposition 65 warnings o Model Toxics in Packaging Legislation o Country of origin claims CLASS ACTION DEFENSE False advertisement/consumer fraud/unfair business practice Breach of warranties Country of origin INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DISPUTES Patent infringement prosecution/defense Trademark infringement/Trade dress prosecution/defense Misappropriation of trade secrets Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Cathleen S. Huang included in a Super Lawyers® list Other Sources of Feedback About Cathleen S. Huang Included on the 2026Northern California Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2023 Northern California Super Lawyers list

• Partner
• Languages
• Mandarin Chinese
• Taiwanese

• April 13, 2006, Taipei International Sporting Goods Show (TaiSPO), Taipei, Taiwan. Topic: U.S. Product Liability Law and Consumer Product Safety Commission.
• May 10, 2006, National Hardware Show, Las Vegas, Nevada. Topic: IP, CPSC and Products Liability Issues for Foreign Manufacturers.
• October 2007 Separate Presentations to the Neihu Business Association, Taipei, Taiwan; Taichung Industrial Park, Taichung, Taiwan. Topic: Effective Strategies for Preventing Lawsuits for Companies Selling Goods to the U.S.
• October 2008, Separate Presentations to TAITRA branches in Tainan and Kaohsiung, Taiwan and Chang An, China. Topic: Protecting Patent Rights in the US and Limiting Foreign Manufacture Exposure in the U.S.
• March 2009, Separate Presentations to TAITRA branches in Taipei and Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Topic: What You Need to Know about the 2008 CPSIA and Strategies for Preventing Lawsuits for Companies Selling Goods to the U.S.
• June 2, 2009, Sponsor Hangzhou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (CIQ). Hangzhou, China. Topic: Sino-US Trade Related Laws and Regulations.
• November 10, 2009, Taipei Bar Association. Taipei, Taiwan. Topic: Representing Product Manufactures and Exporters: What every Taiwanese Attorney Needs to Know About US Law.
• June 2023, Hangzhou, China. Presentation on Platform Liability for IP Violations by Sellers.
• August 2018, Shenzhen, China. Presentation at the Payoneer Sellers’ Forum on Defending and Avoiding U.S. Counterfeiting Litigation.
• November 2015, Shanghai, China. Presentation to the China In-House Counsel Alliance on Contract Negotiations from a Litigator’s Perspective.
• January 2015, Shanghai, China. Presentation to the China In-House Counsel Alliance on Reducing the Risk on Litigation in Contract Negotiations and Overview of U.S. Products Liability Law.
• January 2015, Shanghai, China. Presentation to PayPal Teammates on Defending and Avoiding U.S. Counterfeiting Litigation.
• Representative Clients
• Venture (Singapore)
• Chicony Power Technology Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)
• Kwang Yang Motor Company (KYMCO) (Taiwan)
• Taiwan Glass (Taiwan)

• Oettle vs. Walmart, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150464 (S.D. Ill., Aug. 22, 2022)
• Englebrick vs. Worthington Industries, Inc., 944 F. Supp. 2d 899 (C.D. Cal. May 13, 2013)
• Perez-Encinas vs. AmerUs Life Ins. Co., 468 F. Supp. 2d 1127 (N.D. Cal. Jul. 26, 2006)
• Shalaby vs. Irwin Indus., 2009 U.S. Dist. Lexis 129812 (S.D. Cal. Jul. 28, 2009)

• Virginia, 1998
• California, 2002
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2005
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2008
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 2008
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 2008
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2006
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2015

• Defense Research Institute
• International Consumer Product Health & Safety Organization (ICPHSO)
• Asian American Bar Association