— Practice Area —
Intellectual Property:
We have a full-service intellectual property capability, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, trade dress and other legal issues related to this area. Our scope of service includes the following:
Patents
· Counseling clients on the patentability of inventions
· Conducting prior art search and providing opinions on freedom of marketing
· Preparing and drafting patent specifications and claims
· Filing and prosecuting patent applications before the Chinese Patent Office
· Providing opinions on the validity of patents
· Preparing and filing request of invalidation to the granted patents
· Defending clients in invalidation procedures
· Providing technical support for licensing and litigation
· Enforcing patent right against infringers
Trademarks
· Advising on whether a trademark can be registered
· Conducting trademark searches
· Preparing, filing and prosecuting trade mark applications
· Preparing and filing trademark review, opposition and cancellation requests
· Defending clients in trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings
· Advising on trademark licensing matters, drafting license agreements and recording agreements
· Advising on validity and infringement of clients' and third party trade marks
· Monitoring trademark publications
Copyrights
· Copyright clearance counselling and ownership/chain of title issues
· Copyright subsistence and infringement
· Copyright due diligence
· Database right subsistence, ownership and infringement.
Trade Secrets
· To design and establish appropriate protection system for trade secret
· To verify and assess the trade secret before the dispute
· To take civil and criminal action against the infringement on trade secret.
Corporate Issues:
We have placed Corporate law at the core of its practice and development since our establishment, which includes:
· Company establishment and daily management;
· Equity structure design of the company;
· Company restructuring, reorganization, acquisition and merge;
· Finance and securities, including securities issuance, listing, assistance in financing projects, infrastructure, etc.;
· Investigation of foreign investment and business affairs, including assisting in the design of investment structure, due diligence and obtaining approval according to law.
Dispute Resolution:
We represent domestic and international clients in litigation, arbitration, mediation and settlement discussions. Specific services include the following:
Litigation
· Representing clients in civil litigation trials, appeals and execution procedures
· File re-appeals in civil litigation
· Represent clients in civil and criminal intellectual property rights enforcement actions
· Represent clients in employment related arbitration and litigation
· Represent clients in the preservation of pre-trial evidence and assets
· Conduct due diligence regarding the execution of judicial rulings
· Apply for the execution of judgments and arbitration awards
ADR
· Design dispute resolution strategies and policies
· Represent clients in negotiations, arbitrations, mediation and settlement discussions
· Represent clients in civil and commercial arbitrations
· Represent clients in employment related arbitration and litigation
· Issue legal analysis in connection with PRC and foreign substantive and procedural laws