— 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