Our IP team advises on the protection of trademarks, patents, copyright and trade secrets, and has acted for overseas clients in a substantial number of IP and unfair competition matters.
How We Help
- Designing IP protection strategies, drafting supporting documentation and delivering internal training
- Internal IP audits, and responding to external audits
- Trademark, copyright and patent filing and prosecution, in cooperation with licensed patent agents
- Handling disputes arising during prosecution
- Assessing IP litigation risk, advising on response strategy, and acting in proceedings
- Competition compliance programmes, including anti-commercial-bribery: design, documentation and training
- Internal investigations, and responding to external investigations
- Representation in IP and unfair competition disputes
Why It Matters
China is a first-to-file jurisdiction: rights not registered locally are rights at risk. Registration is not the end of the exercise, though. Enforcement is what makes a portfolio worth holding, and the routes available — administrative action, platform takedown, civil litigation — differ sharply in cost, speed and what they actually recover.
We match the route to what the client is trying to achieve, and build programmes that hold up in practice rather than on paper.