Xiaoquan (Claus) ZHANG is an associate based in the firm’s Shanghai Office, where he has been practicing since 2021. Claus is dual qualified both as an attorney at law and as a patent attorney in China.

Claus practises in the area of intellectual property law, with a focus on enforcing and litigating design, copyright, patent, and trade secret. The multidisciplinary background in engineering and law equips him with the expertise and technical know-how to serve the client’s needs in various legal and technology-related matters.

Claus has advised the firm’s clients in a slew of high-profile civil litigation and administrative enforcement cases concerning copyrights, trademarks, and patents, with a few cases being recognized as exemplary by courts and industry bodies. His practice also extends to opinion work like infringement analysis, IP-related business negotiation and compliance matters.

Claus is a prolific writer, having published more than twenty professional articles on various journals, magazines, and online media platforms. His work often covers hot-button topics such as artificial intelligence, graphical user interfaces, and intellectual property infringement analysis paradigms. He is also a sought-after lecturer, giving training sessions to the in-house departments of major corporations on a frequent basis.

Claus’s most recent publications include “Chinese court denies copyright protection for AI-generated content with insufficient human input in first-of-its-kind ruling” and “Using copyrighted content to train generative AI can be deemed fair following Ultraman infringement dispute”.

Member of the Expert Pool at the Shanghai Pudong Free Trade Zone Copyright Service Center
One of the first young lawyers retained by the China Fashion Intellectual Property Protection Center for its IP enforcement program

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